A packaging for an implant to hold the implant in a first condition. The packaging including a first packaging tube and a container, wherein the implant is movable from the container into the first tube and maintained within the first tube in a second condition, the implant having a first transverse dimension in the first condition and a second transverse dimension in the second condition, the second transverse dimension being less than the first transverse dimension. Also disclosed is a system for delivering a vascular implant into a body lumen including an elongated delivery member and an elongated member extending through the delivery member wherein in the extended position the elongated member extends into the implant to prevent release of the implant in the retracted position enables release of the implant from the delivery member.
