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Noncylindrical stent deployment system for treating vascular bifurcations

  • US 20030125791A1
  • Filed: 10/28/2002
  • Published: 07/03/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of treating a vascular bifurcation of a main vessel into a first and a second branch vessels, comprising the steps of:

  • providing a delivery catheter having a first stent thereon, the first stent having a proximal end and a distal end and being self expandable to a configuration in which the proximal end has a smaller diameter than the distal end;

    positioning the catheter such that the first stent is at a treatment site within the main vessel with the distal end adjacent the bifurcation; and

    deploying the first stent in the main vessel such that the distal end communicates with both the first and the second branch vessels.

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