Patent ID: 11937824
Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. The detachment system of claim 8, further comprising:
a key affixed to the implantable medical device proximate a proximal end of the implantable medical device and comprising:
a distal opening therethrough, wherein a stretch resistant fiber passes through the distal opening;
a proximal opening therethrough; and
a bridge separating the distal opening and the proximal opening; and

the stretch resistant fiber engaged to the key, extended through an implant lumen of the implantable medical device, and affixed to the implantable medical device proximate a distal end of the implantable medical device,
wherein the bridge supports a portion of the pull wire in a distal direction from the loop opening, and
wherein the slack section is positioned proximal to the key.