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Stent deployment systems and methods

  • US 20060200223A1
  • Filed: 05/05/2006
  • Published: 09/07/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of deploying stent segments in a blood vessel having a luminal taper, the method comprising:

  • transluminally introducing a catheter into the blood vessel, the catheter having an expandable member near a distal end thereof;

    positioning a first plurality of independent stent segments over the expandable member such that a first stent segment is on a proximal extremity of the expandable member and a second stent segment is on a distal extremity of the expandable member, the first and second stent segments being independently movable relative to the expandable member; and

    expanding the expandable member such that the proximal extremity has a first expanded diameter and the distal extremity has a second expanded diameter smaller than the first expanded diameter, wherein the first stent segment is expanded to a diameter larger than the second stent segment.

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