Patent ID: 9248037
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A medical device delivery system comprising: an expandable medical device having a looped portion extending from a section of the medical device, wherein the looped portion is resiliently flexible; a shaft comprising a proximal end and a distal end and an interposed internal lumen, the shaft having a capture wire at the proximal end of the shaft, wherein the capture wire includes a bend to receive the looped portion of the expandable medical device and has a free section that is not attached to the shaft; a sheath coaxially disposed over the shaft, wherein the sheath is movable from a first axial position where the sheath covers the capture wire to a second axial position where the capture wire is not covered by the sheath, wherein the expandable medical device is coupled to the shaft when the sheath is in the first axial position, and wherein the shaft further comprises a recess in the shaft that is sized and configured to contain the entire end of the free section within the recess.