Patent ID: 8398700

Claim:
A system for deploying an intravascular flow modifier and reinforcement device for use in the intravascular treatment of a target site in a patient's vasculature, the system comprising: an intravascular flow modifier and reinforcement device including a generally cylindrical frame formed of an elongate resilient wire configured as a series of a plurality of helical windings; a substantially tubular pusher catheter member having an inner lumen, a proximal portion, a distal portion, a tubular main shaft, and a notched portion including a plurality of alternating notches and tubular shoulder portions formed in a side of the pusher catheter member, each of said notches receiving a plurality of the plurality of helical windings; and a release wire removably threaded through the lumen of the pusher catheter member under said shoulder portions and over said plurality of the plurality of helical windings to retain the plurality of helical windings on said notched portion of said pusher catheter member, said release wire being capable of being withdrawn from said notched portion of said pusher catheter member when the intravascular flow modifier and reinforcement device is positioned at the site in the patient's vasculature to be treated to release and deploy the intravascular flow modifier and reinforcement device at the site in the patient's vasculature to be treated.