Patent ID: 11931276
Assignee: C. R. BARD, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of making a delivery device for implantation of a self-expanding stent, comprising:
preparing an inner delivery component, comprising:
coupling a proximal catheter component to a compound catheter component, wherein a pull wire tube is nested in the proximal catheter component, and wherein a pull wire is positioned in the pull wire tube; and
coupling the compound catheter component to a distal catheter component, the distal catheter component configured to carry the self-expanding stent, wherein the proximal catheter component, the compound catheter component, and the distal catheter component together define a contiguous guidewire lumen from a proximal end of the inner delivery component to a distal end of the inner delivery component;

preparing an outer delivery component, comprising:
inserting a casing tube into a diving sheath such that relative motion between the casing tube and the diving sheath is permitted; and
securing the diving sheath to a distal sheath;

disposing the outer delivery component over the inner delivery component, wherein the casing tube surrounds the proximal catheter component and the distal sheath surrounds the distal catheter component;
connecting a distal end of the pull wire to the diving sheath; and
attaching the proximal catheter component to a hub.