Patent ID: 8876854

Claim:
An implant release mechanism for use over a guide wire ( 34 ), including: a deployment device ( 10 ) with a catheter ( 36 ); a releasable coupling member ( 14 , 52 ) for maintaining attachment of an implant ( 30 ) to be deployed to the deployment device ( 10 ), the releasable coupling member having an elongate carrier and a distal end forming a latching pin bent radially outward; and a blocking member ( 56 ) for blocking release of the releasable coupling member by blocking a radially inward movement of the elongate carrier; wherein removal of the blocking member allows release of the coupling member, and thus detachment of an implant, wherein the releasable coupling member ( 14 , 52 ) and an elongate body of the blocking member ( 56 ) extend longitudinally through a bore of the catheter ( 36 ) of the deployment device ( 10 ) beside each other and parallel to a longitudinal channel for a guide wire ( 34 ), wherein an outer surface of the elongate carrier and an outer surface of the elongate body of the blocking member are in contact with each other.