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Bifurcated stent delivery system

  • US 20050273149A1
  • Filed: 06/08/2004
  • Published: 12/08/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A stent delivery system comprising:

  • a catheter, the catheter comprising a catheter shaft and a balloon positioned thereon, the catheter shaft having a shaft length and the balloon having a balloon length, the balloon having an unexpanded state and an expanded state; and

    a sheath, the sheath having a distal region disposed about at least a portion of the balloon and a proximal region disposed about at least a portion of the catheter shaft immediately proximally adjacent to the balloon, at least the distal region being expandable from an unexpanded condition to an expanded condition when the balloon is expanded from the unexpanded state to the expanded state, the sheath having a sheath length, the sheath length being greater than the balloon length and less than the catheter shaft length, in the unexpanded condition the sheath being rotatable about the at least a portion of the balloon; and

    a stent, the stent being expandable from an unexpanded configuration to an expanded configuration, in the unexpanded configuration the stent is disposed about the at least a portion of the sheath disposed about at least a portion of the balloon.

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