Patent ID: 9456913
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. An endovascular delivery device, comprising: a central catheter; a stent graft circumferentially located about a portion of the central catheter, the stent graft comprising a tubular body of a biocompatible material with a lumen therethrough; a retention scaffold comprising a plurality of arches, each arch encompassing an aperture forming a helical path wherein the retention scaffold further comprises distal and proximal ends and the arches bow radially outward when one of the distal and proximal ends moves longitudinally toward the other one of the distal and proximal ends; a trigger wire passing through at least two of the apertures following the helical path, wherein at least a portion of the stent graft is retained in a compressed configuration on the delivery device by the retention scaffold and the trigger wire.