Patent ID: 11903810
Assignee: AVANTEC VASCULAR CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus for delivery or retrieval of a vascular medical device, the apparatus comprising:
an elongate sleeve having a proximal end and a distal end;
an elongate shaft having a proximal end and a distal end and configured for translating axially in the elongate sleeve;
a compressible support member extending from the distal end of the elongate shaft and having a proximal end, a distal end, and an interior, and including
an expanded configuration when translating the compressible support member distally and out of the elongate sleeve to expand the interior;
a compressed configuration when translating the compressible support member proximally and into the elongate sleeve to compress the interior; and,
a plurality of independent elongate support elements that are heatset to have a memory for the expanded configuration, and meet at the distal end of the elongate shaft to form a flexible waist, each heatset support element flexing at the flexible waist when translating the collapsible support member into the elongate sleeve for the compressed configuration and out of the elongate sleeve for the expanded configuration;

and
a braid material that
covers the compressible support member from the proximal end of the compressible support member to the distal end of the compressible support member, the compressible support member supporting the shape of the braid material;
folds over the distal end of the compressible support member and into the interior of the compressible support member as a flap that forms a distal rim opening and a proximal rim opening;
wherein the distal rim opening, proximal rim opening, and braid material form a pocket for capturing the medical device in the interior of the compressible support member.