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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2015
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Matthew S. Beard, Phoenix, AZ (US);
David A. Herrin, Seattle, WA (US);
Joseph N. Kennelly Ullman, Seattle, WA (US);
Martin J. Sector, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Justin W. Sokel, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Jared L. Van Cleave, Kirkland, WA (US);
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
An introducer assembly having a handle, at least one fiber operatively coupling at least one handle with one or more functions of the handle; and having a fiber routing system that allows a predetermined amount of slack to be created during assembly in at least one fiber so as to delay by a desired amount of time actuation of the one or more functions of the handle associated with the at least one fiber during operation of the handle.