Abstract: A method of deploying a medical device, the method comprising the steps: passing a delivery apparatus through the interior of a medical device so that it protrudes from a proximal end thereof; coupling the medical device and one or more hook elements of the delivery apparatus using one or more control loops; advancing the delivery apparatus to a deployment site; deploying the medical device at the deployment site; retracting the delivery apparatus, the one or more control loops releasing from the one or more hook elements, wherein the one or more hook elements are axially fixed in relation to the head element.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a medical device delivery apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a head element (11) at a proximal end of the apparatus, the head being configured for extending through the medical device and projecting proximally therefrom; the head element having one or more hook elements (13) for engaging a control loop coupled to the medical device, wherein the one or more hook elements are axially fixed in relation to the head element.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a medical device delivery apparatus, the apparatus comprising: —a head element (11) at a proximal end of the apparatus, the head being configured for extending through the medical device and projecting proximally therefrom; the head element having one or more hook elements (13) for engaging a control loop coupled to the medical device, wherein the one or more hook elements are axially fixed in relation to the head element.