Patent ID: 7985232

Claim:
A delivery system for delivering a medical instrument, the system comprising a hemostasis device having a first engagement structure; a splittable sheath; a sheath hub joined with a proximal end of the splittable sheath, the sheath hub further having a second engagement structure disposed on a proximal end thereof; a third engagement structure disposed on the hemostasis device proximally displaced from the first engagement structure; a fourth engagement structure disposed on the sheath hub; and a pair of handles joined with the sheath hub, wherein each handle is positioned on an opposing lateral half of the sheath hub; wherein the first engagement structure is adapted to engage the second engagement structure to couple the hemostasis device with the splittable sheath; the third engagement structure is adapted to engage the fourth engagement structure to axially couple the hemostasis device with the splittable sheath; and the second engagement structure is adapted to disengage from the first engagement structure and the fourth engagement structure is adapted to disengage from the third engagement structure when the opposing lateral halves of the sheath hub are separated from each other in order to split the splittable sheath.