Patent ID: 8231651
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. An endovascular deployment system for a percutaneous medical device comprising: a guidewire; a support member having a proximal region, a distal region, and an intermediate region therebetween; a guide associated with the distal region of the support member, said guide including a lumen configured to slideably receive the guidewire; a mesh located substantially proximal of the guide and adapted to be advanced over the guidewire by the support member, said mesh having a first radially collapsed configuration and a second radially expanded configuration, wherein the mesh is fixedly attached to an expansion frame, said expansion frame comprising a plurality of struts, a portion of each of said struts being compressed by a sheath when the mesh is in the first radially collapsed configuration and not being compressed by the sheath when the mesh is in the second radially expanded configuration; further wherein the sheath includes a port in a distal region adapted to receive the guidewire, said sheath being configured such that the guidewire and the sheath may be withdrawn proximately from the mesh leaving the mesh disposed in the body.