Patent ID: 8668662

Claim:
A delivery apparatus for delivering a gastrointestinal device, the apparatus comprising: a gastrointestinal device comprising a tube; a shaft extending through the tube, the shaft configured to pass through a length of the intestines and to deliver the gastrointestinal device; an atraumatic element distal to and releasably coupled to a distal tip of the shaft; and a release mechanism that releasably engages the atraumatic element to retain the atraumatic element on the distal tip of the shaft, the release mechanism comprising a moveable element, the atraumatic element being released from the distal tip of the shaft and the moveable element by movement of the moveable element, the shaft including first and second holes near its distal tip, the moveable element exiting the shaft via the first hole and re-entering the shaft via the second hole.