US 11,813,184 B2
Systems and methods for implants and deployment devices
Marcel Song Sicotte, San Francisco, CA (US); Shreya Mehta, San Francisco, CA (US); Austin Michael Bly, San Clemente, CA (US); and Ronald J. Jabba, Redwood City, CA (US)
Assigned to ZENFLOW, INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by ZENFLOW, INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/177,772.
Application 17/177,772 is a division of application No. 16/155,506, filed on Oct. 9, 2018, granted, now 10,952,885.
Application 16/155,506 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2017/028677, filed on Apr. 20, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/325,939, filed on Apr. 21, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0275335 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/966 (2013.01); A61F 2/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01)
CPC A61F 2/966 (2013.01) [A61F 2/885 (2013.01); A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61F 2/9517 (2020.05); A61F 2002/048 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for delivering an implantable device, the apparatus comprising:
a camming barrel having a first groove at the distal end of the camming barrel;
a sheath, partially located within a lumen of the camming barrel, the sheath having a distal region for storing the implantable device;
a first cam follower coupled to the sheath, wherein the first cam follower is configured to travel within the first groove of the camming barrel and to rotate and translate the sheath, wherein translation of the sheath causes the sheath to retract into the camming barrel; and
a sheath-driver body slidably located within the camming barrel, wherein the sheath-driver body is rigidly coupled to the sheath and to the first cam follower, wherein the sheath-driver body is configured to secure the sheath along the longitudinal axis of the camming barrel.