Patent ID: 11871931
Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. A method comprising:
engaging a flexible loop to an elongated delivery tube;
extending the flexible loop through a retaining ring of an embolic implant;
positioning a distal bump extending from a pull wire and near a distal end of the pull wire;
extending a pull wire through a lumen of the delivery tube and an opening of the flexible loop to thereby engage the embolic implant to the delivery tube;
positioning an obstruction in a distal direction in relation to the distal bump which obstructs distal movement of the pull wire when the distal bump is pushed distally against the obstruction;
positioning the pull wire so that it is slidable through the delivery tube in a proximal direction to exit the opening of the flexible loop;
positioning the flexible loop and the retaining ring to form the obstruction so that the flexible loop and retaining ring obstructs distal movement of the pull wire when the distal bump is pushed against the flexible loop and/or the retaining ring; and
positioning a proximal bump extending from the pull wire and in the proximal direction in relation to the distal bump, and
positioning a proximal aperture within the delivery tube and in the distal direction in relation to the proximal bump, the proximal aperture being sized to inhibit the proximal bump from passing therethrough.