Patent ID: 11937825
Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. A method comprising:
providing a tubular body and a distal tube disposed on the end of the tubular body, wherein a lumen extends through the tubular body and the distal tube;
affixing a loop wire to the distal tube;
positioning a loop opening in the loop wire approximate a distal end of the distal tube while the loop wire is affixed to the distal tube such that the loop wire is extended through the lumen;
extending a pull wire through the lumen;
extending the loop opening through a locking portion of an implantable medical device;
extending a distal end of the pull wire through the loop opening;
extending a hook wire radially through a sidewall of the distal tube and into the lumen;
positioning the hook wire around a pull wire portion of the pull wire;
tensioning the hook wire such that the pull wire portion abuts the sidewall, thereby providing frictional resistance against the distal tube; and
preventing, through the frictional resistance of the pull wire portion against the distal tube, release of the implantable medical device while the implantable medical device is delivered through vasculature to a treatment site.