Patent ID: 6391051
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A delivery system for delivering a medical device to a predetermined location in a body lumen, the delivery system comprising:a catheter body having proximal and distal ends for transporting a medical device to a predetermined site in a body lumen for deployment; a medical device having proximal and distal ends carried by the catheter body near the distal end, and a retractable outer sheath having proximal and distal ends and surrounding the medical device and maintaining the medical device in a delivery configuration where the medical device has a reduced radius along its entire axial length, wherein the proximal end of the retractable outer sheath is tapered to form a smooth atraumatic transition between the retractable outer sheath and the catheter body which aids in extraction of the delivery system from a body lumen, the proximal end of the retractable outer sheath comprising a thermally molded extrusion swaged in place with a marker band.