摘要 |
<p>An introducer for an expandable endovascular prosthesis (20) having a self expanding stent (21) has a distal prosthesis positioning mechanism (2) and a proximal prosthesis retention mechanism (3). The proximal prosthesis retention mechanism (3) includes a cylindrical sleeve (10) adapted to retain the self expanding stent (21) A release mechanism (22,23) extends proximally from the distal prosthesis positioning mechanism (2) exerts a force in the proximal direction on the self expanding stent (21) to retain the self expanding (21) stent in the cylindrical sleeve (10).</p> |