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SLIDING RESTRAINT STENT DELIVERY SYSTEMS

  • US 20090281611A1
  • Filed: 05/13/2009
  • Published: 11/12/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A stenting method comprising:

  • selecting a stent delivery system from a plurality of such systems,wherein each of the systems comprises a self-expanding stent and a delivery guide, the delivery guide comprising an inner member, an outer sleeve, a stent stop fixed in position relative to the outer sleeve and a distal restraint having a length slidingly disposed over the stent to hold the stent in a collapsed configuration until withdrawal of the restraint to deploy the stent,locating the delivery system so the stent is at a treatment site, andactuating the inner member to withdraw the restraint to release the stent for deployment at the treatment site without axial movement of the stop,wherein a non-selected system would produce axial movement of the stop during stent deployment.

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