Patent ID: 6736839
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A medical device delivery system for delivering a medical device into a body lumen comprising:an inner tube having a proximal region and a distal region and a medical device receiving region at the distal end of the inner tube for receiving a medical device thereabout; a medical device sheath having a proximal end and a distal end, the medical device sheath disposed about the medical device receiving region and movable relative to the inner tube; a medical device sheath retraction device extending proximally from the medical device sheath; an outer sheath disposed about the inner tube, the outer sheath having a proximal and a distal end, the outer sheath disposed about a portion of the medical device sheath retraction device, the distal end of the outer sheath terminating proximal of the medical device receiving region, a length of the inner tube remaining exposed to the body lumen between the distal end of the outer sheath and the proximal end of the medical device sheath, the medical device sheath movable relative to the outer sheath.