Patent ID: 7753945
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A deployment system for an endoluminal device comprising: an expandable endoluminal device mounted on a delivery catheter provided with an endo-prosthesis mounting member; a removable sheath in the form of a continuous double-walled tube adapted to cover and constrain at least a portion of said endoluminal device in an introductory profile; wherein said deployment system includes a deployment line integral with and extending from one wall of said double-walled tube to which tension can be applied to aid endoluminal device deployment; wherein upon endoluminal device deployment, said double-walled tube progressively unrolls from around said endoluminal device through actuation of said deployment line to form removed sheath material; wherein said removed sheath material begins to become converted to deployment line at a point where said removed sheath material breaks apart, separates, and converges into deployment line material in the form of an elongated filament; and wherein said converged deployment line material is removed from said deployment system along with said deployment line.