Stent holder

• US 20030088304A1
• Filed: 10/07/2002
• Published: 05/08/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Abbott Laboratories Vascular Enterprises Limited (Abbott Laboratories)
• Original Assignee: JOMED NV
• Inventors: Rueeger, Irene, Schaffner, Silvio, Ha, Suk-Woo
• Application Number:
  US10/265,197
• Publication Number:
  US 20030088304A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 623/1.12
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/95 Instruments specially adapted for placement or removal of stents or stent-grafts
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/9665 with additional retaining means

Abstract

A stent holder is configured for holding a self-expandable stent for insertion into a body vessel. In order to prevent the stent from migrating on a holder body of the stent holder, said holder body comprises two fixing or fixation elements for temporarily fastening opposite stent ends of stent.

Claims

1. A stent holder for holding a stent, the stent holder comprising:

an elongated holder body having at least one fixation element for temporarily securing the stent thereon.

2. The stent holder as set forth in claim 1, wherein

the at least one fixation element comprises at least one enlargement of the holder body.

3. The stent holder as set forth in claim 2, wherein

the at least one enlargement is an integral part of the holder body.

4. The stent holder as set forth in claim 2, wherein

the at least one enlargement is formed from an enlargement chosen from the group consisting of glue layers, shrink tubing, an attachment to holder body, an integral portion of holder body, and combinations thereof.

5. The stent holder as set forth in claim 1, wherein

the holder body has at least two fixation elements spaced apart from one another.

6. The stent holder as set forth in claim 5, wherein

the at least two fixation elements are spaced apart from one another by a distance in the range of about 1 cm to about 10 cm.

7. The stent holder as set forth in claim 5, wherein

the at least two fixation elements are an integral part of the holder body.

8. The stent holder as set forth in claim 5, wherein

the at least two fixation elements are formed from an enlargement chosen from the group consisting of glue layers, shrink tubing, an attachment to the holder body, an integral portions of the holder body, and combinations thereof.

9. A stent assembly comprising:

a stent having a central passage; and

a stent holder comprising an elongated holder body having at least one fixation element for temporarily securing the stent thereon.

10. The stent assembly as set forth in claim 9, wherein

the at least one fixation element comprises at least one enlargement of the holder body.

11. The stent assembly as set forth in claim 10, wherein

the at least one enlargement is an integral part of the holder body.

12. The stent assembly as set forth in claim 10, wherein

the at least one enlargement is formed from an enlargement chosen from the group consisting of glue layers, shrink tubing, an attachment to holder body, an integral portion of holder body, and combinations thereof.

13. The stent assembly as set forth in claim 9, wherein

the holder body has at least two fixation elements spaced apart from one another.

14. The stent assembly as set forth in claim 13, wherein

the at least two fixation elements are spaced apart from one another by a distance in the range of about 1 cm to about 10 cm.

15. The stent assembly as set forth in claim 13, wherein

the at least two fixation elements are an integral part of the holder body.

16. The stent assembly as set forth in claim 13, wherein

the at least two fixation elements are formed from an enlargement chosen from the group consisting of glue layers, shrink tubing, an attachment to the holder body, an integral portions of the holder body, and combinations thereof.