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Method of stenting with minimal diameter guided delivery systems

  • US 20070225789A1
  • Filed: 03/22/2006
  • Published: 09/27/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for stenting a body passageway, the method comprising:

  • locating a distal end of a guidewire at a site within the body passageway;

    feeding a delivery catheter over the guidewire, wherein a catheter body includes a lumen and a superelastic stent slidably compressed in the lumen, and a means to maintain at least a far end of the stent in an open configuration; and

    deploying the stent by withdrawing the catheter body while the stent position is maintained by a blocker.

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