Patent ID: 8870744

Claim:
A cardiac support device (CSD) delivery apparatus, comprising: a body; a deployment mechanism including: an array of primary elongate members configured to select a location on a heart to guide the CSD in an extended state, each primary elongate member being distally and proximally movable with respect to the body between retracted and extended states; and an array of secondary members, each secondary member slidably attached to and guided by an associated primary elongate member to releasably support the CSD and slide the CSD over the heart, wherein each secondary member is distally and proximally movable with respect to its associated primary elongate member between retracted and extended states; and an actuating system on the body for moving the deployment mechanism between the retracted and extended states, the actuating system comprising; at least one primary actuating mechanism coupled to an associated primary elongate member; and at least one secondary actuating mechanism coupled to an associated secondary member, wherein the at least one primary actuating mechanism is configured to move its associated primary elongate member distally and proximally with respect to others of the array of primary elongate members; and wherein the at least one second actuating mechanism is coupled to an associated secondary member and configured to move the associated secondary member distally and proximally with respect to its associated primary elongate member.