Patent ID: 7226466

Claim:
A medical device for implanting an intracardiac occluder within the heart of a patient, the device comprising: a sheath comprising a lumen; a locking catheter defining a lumen comprising a proximal end and a distal end, said locking catheter longitudinally disposed in the lumen of the sheath; an elongate body member extending from a proximal end to a distal end and comprising a plurality of twisted layered strands extending along the longitudinal axis of the elongate body member; and an attachment device connected to the distal end of the elongate body member for releasable coupling to the intracardiac occluder, wherein said distal lumen of said locking catheter is dimensioned to releasably receive said attachment device and a complementary locking mechanism connected to the intracardiac occluder, said locking catheter slideably disposed along the longitudinal axis of the elongate body member for releasably coupling the locking mechanism on the intracardiac occcluder to the attachment device on the distal end of the elongate body member.