Patent ID: 7632298
Filing Date: 2009-12-15
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A delivery system for delivering an endoluminal implant to a distal deployment location inside a body lumen from a proximal access location outside the body lumen, the delivery system comprising: the implant having a proximal end and a distal end; a catheter comprising, a catheter tip, the catheter tip having a proximal end located adjacent the implant distal end and attached to a central core slideably disposed relative to the implant; the catheter tip proximal end comprising a docking section adapted to releasably engage a portion of the implant, the docking section comprising a pocket adapted to releasably contain a limited length of one end of the compressed implant inserted therein, the pocket comprising an annular pocket having an inner wall located radially inward of the compressed implant and an outer wall located radially outward of the compressed implant, the inner wall and the outer wall both terminating at a substantially same axial location relative to the implant.