Patent ID: 8157853

Claim:
A method of deploying an it stented device in an anatomical location of a patient, the stented device comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the method comprising the steps of: providing a delivery system comprising first and second stent engagement structures at its distal end, wherein the first and second stent engagement structures each comprise a wire haying a distal end that is coiled for engagement with the first and second structural elements at the proximal end of the stented device, respectively, and wherein the coiled distal end of a first wire includes a first number of windings and the coiled distal end of a second wire includes a larger number of windings than the first wire; attaching a first structural element at the proximal end of the stented device to the first stent engagement structure and attaching a second structural element at the proximal end of the stented device to the second stent engagement structure; advancing the stented device to an implantation site; and sequentially disengaging the first structural element at the proximal end of the stented device from the first stent engagement structure of the delivery system and then disengaging the second structural element at the proximal end of the stented device from the second stent engagement structure.