System to assist in the release of a collapsible stent from a delivery device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9918837
APP PUB NO 20140005767A1
SERIAL NO

13790819

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A delivery device for an implantable medical device having a retention member at an end thereof may include a shaft extending in a longitudinal direction and defining a longitudinal axis, an elongated sheath surrounding a longitudinal portion of the shaft, a compartment defined inside the sheath and adapted to receive the medical device in an assembled condition, a retainer positioned at one end of the compartment, and an energy storage element positioned on the longitudinal portion of the shaft and configured to be radially compressed by the medical device when the elongated sheath covers the compartment containing the medical device. The sheath may be slidable relative to the shaft in the longitudinal direction. The retainer may include a recess adapted to receive the retention member of the medical device in the assembled condition.

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ST JUDE MEDICAL CARDIOLOGY DIVISION INC177 EAST COUNTY ROAD B ST PAUL MN 55117

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Glazier, Valerie J Eden Prairie, US 32 759
Le, Khoi Excelsior, US 30 418
Thomas, Ralph Joseph Champlin, US 22 670

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