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Introducer sheath for the ostial placement of a stent

  • US 20040111143A1
  • Filed: 12/06/2002
  • Published: 06/10/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An introducer sheath for facilitating the placement of the proximal end of a stent within ±

  • 2 mm of the ostial plane of an artery that has an ostial stenosis, the sheath having an expandable distal portion that has a distal plane, the sheath being adapted to be placed within a guiding catheter and being further adapted for placement of its distal plane so as to be substantially co-planar with the ostial plane of the artery when the guiding catheter is urged forward in a distal direction.

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