Patent ID: 9011514
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A deployment system for deploying a prosthesis, comprising: a prosthesis expandable from a compressed configuration to an expanded configuration; a support frame, a first operable member coupled to the support frame, and a second operable member coupled to the support frame, the first and second operable members each being movable relative to the support frame between a first position and a second position; a first shell and a second shell coupled to the first operable member and movable between a closed position and an open position, wherein, in the closed position, the first shell and the second shell are positioned in close proximity to one another to form a retaining chamber retaining at least an intermediate segment of the prosthesis in the compressed configuration, and in the open position, the first shell and the second shell are spaced away from one another to allow said intermediate segment of the prosthesis to move to the expanded configuration, a retractable cuff coupled to a second operable member and movable between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration, wherein, in the delivery configuration, the cuff is fitted over an outer end of the prosthesis to retain the outer end in the compressed configuration for insertion into the body vessel, and in the developed configuration, the cuff is removed from the outer end of the prosthesis to allow for expansion thereof, the cuff moving between the delivery and deployed configurations when the first and second shells are in the closed position, the cuff moving from the outer end in the delivery configuration in a direction toward the intermediate segment of the prosthesis in the deployed configuration, and the cuff being splittable into a first cuff portion associated with the first shell and a second cuff portion associated with a second shell to allow the first and second shell to move to the open position; and wherein, in response to movement of the second operable member between the first position and the second position, the cuff moves relative to the first and second shells between the delivery configuration and the deployed configuration, and in response to movement of the first operable member between the first position and the second position, the first and second shells move relative to one another between the closed position and the open position.