Patent ID: 8435288

Claim:
Apparatus for transporting and injecting a foldable medical device through an opening, comprising: a body; a holder for the foldable medical device, the holder being adapted to be placed within the body and having a rigid base and legs; said legs extending upward from the base and adapted to support the medical device within the body a rigid folding guide adapted to move within the body in a first direction for folding the medical device when the folding guide is moved toward the medical device; a driving cam movable in a second direction different from the first direction for moving the folding guide in the first direction when the driving cam is moved from a first position to a second position; an insertion device to displace the medical device from the folding guide and through the opening when the folding guide has been moved to fold the medical device and said legs being movable from a first position blocking movement of said rigid folding guide in said first direction to a second position allowing movement of said rigid folding guide in said first direction.