Patent ID: 8292939
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A system for delivering a medical device to a body location, comprising: a handle; a sheath extending from the handle, the sheath having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end being configured to receive the medical device; one or more blades secured within the handle; and an actuating mechanism coupled to the handle and capable of causing the sheath to slide proximally through the handle and be slit at its proximal end longitudinally by the one or more blades and to expose the medical device; wherein the actuating mechanism includes a trigger slidingly connected to the housing, the trigger having a released position and a depressed position, wherein movement of the trigger from its released position to its depressed position causes a proximal movement of the sheath; and wherein the actuating mechanism comprises one or more friction clamps, each friction clamp having a plate and the sheath passes through a hole in the plate, each friction clamp having an engaging position in which translation of the friction clamp is coupled with translation of the sheath, and a non-engaging position in which translation of the friction clamp is not coupled to translation of the sheath.