Patent ID: 8986365
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. A medical device delivery system comprising: a medical device carrier portion comprising a proximal end; a release mechanism cooperating with said medical device carrier portion and operable to release a medical device from said medical device carrier portion; and an elongate proximal tip comprising the most proximal end of the medical device delivery system, a largest outside diameter, a proximal end, a distal end, and a plurality of longitudinal lengths as measured from said proximal end to said distal end of said elongate proximal tip, said proximal tip further comprises and is operable between at least an extended longitudinal length and a retracted longitudinal length of said plurality of longitudinal lengths, wherein said extended longitudinal length is greater than said retracted longitudinal length, wherein the longitudinal length of said proximal end of said proximal tip varies between said extended longitudinal length and said retracted longitudinal length, wherein said proximal tip is disposed proximal to said medical device carrier portion in both said extended longitudinal length and said retracted longitudinal length, and wherein at least a portion of the proximal tip is collapsible within itself.