APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERY OF MULTIPLE DISTRIBUTED STENTS
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1. An apparatus for treating a body lumen comprising:
- a flexible catheter shaft having proximal and distal ends;
an expandable member attached to the catheter shaft near the distal end, the expandable member being expandable to an expanded configuration having an expanded length; and
a radially-expandable tubular prosthesis releasably coupled to the catheter shaft, a deployed portion of the prosthesis being expandable to a deployed configuration having a deployed length;
wherein the expanded length and the deployed length are each selectively changeable from the proximal end of the catheter shaft.
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Abstract
Blood vessels and other body lumens are stented using multiple, discreet stent structures. Stent structures may be balloon expandable or self-expanding and are delivered by a delivery catheter which is repositioned to spaced-apart delivery sights. By coating the stents with particular biologically active substances, hyperplasia within and between the implanted stents can be inhibited. An exemplary delivery catheter comprises a catheter body having both a pusher rod for advancing the stents relative to a sheath and a reciprocatable delivery catheter for implanting the stents.
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1. An apparatus for treating a body lumen comprising:
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a flexible catheter shaft having proximal and distal ends;
an expandable member attached to the catheter shaft near the distal end, the expandable member being expandable to an expanded configuration having an expanded length; and
a radially-expandable tubular prosthesis releasably coupled to the catheter shaft, a deployed portion of the prosthesis being expandable to a deployed configuration having a deployed length;
wherein the expanded length and the deployed length are each selectively changeable from the proximal end of the catheter shaft. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus for treating a body lumen comprising:
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a flexible catheter shaft positionable in the body lumen and having proximal and distal ends;
an expandable member attached to the catheter shaft near the distal end, the expandable member being expandable to an expanded configuration having an expanded length;
a radially-expandable tubular prosthesis releasably coupled to the catheter shaft, a deployed portion of the prosthesis being expandable to a deployed configuration having a deployed length;
a first adjustment mechanism controllable from the proximal end for selectively changing the expanded length without removing the catheter shaft from the body lumen; and
a second adjustment mechanism controllable from the proximal end for selectively changing the deployed length without removing the catheter shaft from the body lumen. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. An apparatus for treating a body lumen comprising:
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a flexible catheter shaft positionable in the body lumen and having proximal and distal ends;
an expandable member attached to the catheter shaft near the distal end, the expandable member being expandable to an expanded configuration having an expanded length; and
a plurality of radially-expandable tubular prostheses releasably coupled to the catheter shaft, the prostheses being separable from each other to allow a first group of the prostheses to be expanded at the same time while at least a second prosthesis remains unexpanded on the catheter shaft;
wherein the expanded length and the number of prostheses in the first group are each selectively changeable from the proximal end without removing the catheter shaft from the body lumen. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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