Self-expanding stent delivery system

Details Self-expanding stent delivery system Self-expanding stent delivery system

2006-12-26

2010-12-14

Truong, Kevin T (Department: 3734)

Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or ai

Arterial prosthesis

Stent combined with surgical delivery system

Reexamination Certificate

active

07850724

ABSTRACT:
A stent delivery system delivers a self-expanding stent to a predetermined location in a body lumen. The delivery system has a catheter body, a retractable outer sheath and a proximal retraction handle connected to a proximal end of the catheter body. The catheter body carries the stent near a distal end of the catheter body for transporting the stent for deployment. The sheath surrounds and contains the stent in a delivery configuration where the stent has a reduced radius along its entire axial length. The sheath has an outer tube a separate inner tube. The outer tube has a distal end portion surrounding the stent along its entire length and a proximal end portion connected to the retraction handle. The inner tube is disposed concentrically within the outer tube and has a distal end portion surrounding the stent only along a part of its entire length.

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