Patent ID: 6939370

Claim:
A stent graft deployment device which holds a stent graft in a retained condition and arranged to release of a distal end of a stent graft before the proximal end of the stent graft, the device having a proximal stent graft end release mechanism and a distal stent graft end release mechanism associated with a deployment catheter and an arrangement to allow movement of at least part of the deployment catheter including the distal stent graft end release mechanism independent of movement of the proximal stent graft end release mechanism wherein the distal end release mechanism associated with the deployment catheter includes a capsule for engaging the distal end of the stent graft or a distally extending exposed stent on the stent graft and the arrangement to allow movement of at least part of the deployment catheter independently of movement of the proximal end release mechanism includes a fixed handle associated with a trigger wire release mechanism and a sliding handle to which the deployment catheter and the capsule are fixed.