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Edge protection and bifurcated stent delivery system

  • US 20050149161A1
  • Filed: 12/29/2003
  • Published: 07/07/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A catheter assembly comprising:

  • a catheter, the catheter comprising a catheter shaft;

    a rotatable sheath, the rotatable sheath being disposed about at least a portion of the catheter shaft and rotatable thereabout, the rotatable sheath having a length substantially less than that of the catheter shaft, the rotatable sheath comprising a first end region, a second end region and a stent receiving region therebetween;

    a guidewire housing, the guidewire housing defining a guidewire lumen for passage of a guidewire therethrough, at least a portion of the guidewire housing being engaged to at least a proximal portion of the rotatable sheath; and

    a stent, the stent being expandable from a reduced stent state to an expanded stent state, in the reduced stent state the stent being disposed about the stent receiving region of the rotatable sheath, the first end of the rotatable sheath extending beyond a proximal end region of the stent and the second end region of the rotatable sheath extending beyond a distal end region of the stent

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