Method of stenting with minimal diameter guided delivery systems
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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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Abstract
Medical devices and methods for delivery or implantation of prostheses within hollow body organs and vessels or other luminal anatomy are disclosed. The subject technologies may be used in the treatment of atherosclerosis in stenting procedures or be used in a variety of other procedures.
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1. A method for stenting a body passageway, the method comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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