Patent ID: 9504589
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A stent graft delivery system in combination with a stent graft retained on the delivery system; the stent graft comprising an exposed self expanding stent and the exposed stent comprising at least one bend; the delivery system comprising a distal end to remain outside of a patient in use and a proximal end to be introduced into the patient in use, the delivery system comprising a capsule to receive the exposed self expanding stent and to hold the exposed stent in a contracted condition during delivery thereof and a retention system to prevent premature removal of the exposed stent from the capsule; the retention system comprising a first aperture and a second aperture in the capsule, the retention system further comprising a trigger wire that extends from the distal end of the delivery system, then extends along a distal exterior surface of the capsule, then enters the first aperture in the capsule, then engages the bend of the exposed stent, then exits the first aperture, then extends along a proximal exterior surface of the capsule, and then enters the second aperture, wherein the exposed stent cannot be removed from the capsule until the trigger wire has been withdrawn.