Combination angioplasty balloon/stent deployment device

Details Combination angioplasty balloon/stent deployment device Combination angioplasty balloon/stent deployment device

1997-06-23

2000-06-06

Dawson, Glenn K.

Surgery

Instruments

Means for inserting or removing conduit within body

623 1, 606194, 604 96, A61F 1100

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060712864

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for performing balloon angioplasty and stent deployment in a vessel having a narrowed portion, including: a stent deployment member having an inner core and a stent, the inner core having a first lumen therethrough and proximal and distal ends, with the stent being releasably supported on the inner core, and an angioplasty balloon having a sealable distal end and an open proximal end, the proximal end being sealed to the inner core such that the balloon can be inflated by the passage of a fluid through the first lumen. Also disclosed is a method for widening a narrowed portion of a vessel, including: providing a balloon adjacent a stent on a single catheter, introducing a balloon at the narrowed portion, inflating the balloon, deflating the balloon, advancing the balloon beyond the narrowed portion, deploying the stent, and withdrawing the deflated balloon through the deployed stent.

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