Patent ID: 6755854
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: A61F,A61M

Abstract:
A control device for deploying a self-expanding medical device within a body vessel, the control device comprising:a restraining sheath having a proximal end and a distal end, the restraining sheath being adapted to extend over a self-expanding medical device to maintain the medical device in a collapsed position and to be retractable to expose the collapsed medical device for deployment; and a control mechanism including a slider assembly coupled to the proximal end of the restraining sheath for retracting the restraining sheath, the slider assembly being movable in a line of motion, the retraction of the restraining sheath being actuated by an actuating force applied by a user to a movable component of the control mechanism which moves in a linear path which is at a constant angle substantially different from zero degree to the line of motion of the slider assembly.