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Catheter

  • US 20030109886A1
  • Filed: 06/27/2002
  • Published: 06/12/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A delivery catheter comprising:



  • catheter shaft defining a reception space for a stent; and

    an operating element extending through the catheter shaft for engagement with a stent in the reception space to facilitate deployment of the stent from within the reception space upon movement of the catheter shaft relative to the operating element from a delivery configuration to a deployment configuration;

    along at least a portion of the length of the operating element, the cross-sectional area of the operating element being small relative to the cross-sectional area of the catheter shaft.

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