The disclosure provides for a delivery apparatus or mechanism and method of use for delivering a medical device to the body of a patient. The apparatus may have an outer catheter independently mobile from an inner sheath (43) and an elongate member (22). The apparatus further has a gripper (36) attached to the elongate member. The gripper may be manipulated by way of a handle (80) to control the state of the medical device relative to the delivery apparatus. Through use of the handle, the apparatus may be moved from a connected state to a released state to deliver the medical device to a target site in the patients body.
