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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2014
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Edward H. Cully, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Mark J. Ulm, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Michael J. Vonesh, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a deployment system for an endoluminal device. The deployment system includes a confining sheath placed around a compacted endoluminal device. A deployment line is provided in the system that is an integral extension of the sheath. As the deployment line is actuated, the sheath retracts from around the compacted endoluminal device. As the sheath retracts from around the endoluminal device, material from the sheath may be converted into deployment line. Once the sheath is retracted from around the compacted endoluminal device, the endoluminal device expands in configuration and repairs vascular or cardiac structures of an implant recipient. Any remaining sheath material is removed from the implantation site along with the deployment line.