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Methods for deploying stents in bifurcations

  • US 20030181923A1
  • Filed: 12/17/2002
  • Published: 09/25/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/04/1996
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of introducing a first and a second vessel guidewire into two branches of a vessel, said method comprising:

  • inserting a first guidewire into a first vessel;

    inserting a second guidewire into said first vessel;

    advancing a delivery system through said first vessel over said first guidewire and said second guidewire, said delivery system having a first lumen that slidably engages said first guidewire and a second lumen alongside said first lumen that slidably engages said second guidewire;

    positioning the delivery system in a region of a bifurcation;

    retracting said second guidewire proximally until a distal end of said second guidewire is in a region of a bifurcation; and

    advancing said second guidewire through said second lumen into said second vessel.

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