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Stent delivery system using a steerable guide wire

  • US 20070083253A1
  • Filed: 10/06/2005
  • Published: 04/12/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A stent delivery system for placing a stent into a vessel of a human subject, the stent delivery system including:

  • a balloon angioplasty catheter having a distal portion with an inflatable balloon located at that distal portion, and a proximal portion located externally to the human subject;

    a balloon expandable stent co-axially mounted onto the inflatable balloon, the stent being designed for opening a stenosed vessel of the human subject and the balloon having a cylindrical distal section and a cylindrical proximal section; and

    a steerable guide wire attached to a guide wire tube, the distal end of the guide wire tube being sealably attached to the cylindrical distal section of the balloon and the proximal end of the guide wire tube being sealably attached to the proximal portion of the balloon angioplasty catheter.

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