A device and method of delivering a medical tool which may be a memory resector, cutter, probe, or the like, including a memory blade compacted in a small diameter state which expands in a relaxed memory state is disclosed. Said delivery may include using a hollow sheath to pre-compact or preload a memory blade into a compact position, transferring said compacted memory blade into a cannula, and deploying said memory blade from the distal end of said cannula whereby the memory blade returns to its normal expanded memory state.