Patent ID: 8475514

Claim:
A stent graft deployment device including: a handle, the handle including a first part to be gripped and held by a user and a second part to be moved relative to the first part; a pusher on which a stent graft may be mounted at least partially disposed within the handle, the pusher comprising a hub; and a release clamp positioned on the pusher; a sheath to cover the stent graft on the pusher, wherein the pusher is connected to the first part of the handle and the sheath is connected to the second part of the handle, whereby retraction of the second part of the handle with respect to the first part of the handle causes the sheath to be retracted from the stent graft on the pusher, wherein the first part of the handle includes a first component to grip the pusher and a second component to grip the release clamp on the pusher, whereby movement of the second component with respect to the first component moves the release clamp on the pusher distally to release the stent graft from the pusher, wherein a stop is disposed within an interior surface of the second part of the handle, the stop arranged to engage the release clamp on the pusher after a selected amount of movement of the second part of the handle has occurred, and wherein the second part of the handle has longitudinal slots and an internal lumen, the pusher extends within the internal lumen longitudinally, and the pusher includes arms that extend diametrically through the longitudinal slots to engage with the first part of the handle, whereby the second part of the handle can be moved with respect to the first part of the handle.