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APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING PROSTHESES TO LUMINAL BIFURCATIONS

  • US 20110160837A1
  • Filed: 03/09/2011
  • Published: 06/30/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A delivery catheter comprising:

  • a catheter shaft having a proximal end and a distal end;

    an expansion member disposed near the distal end of the shaft;

    an expandable prosthesis mounted over the expansion member; and

    a guidewire structure disposed over the expansion member, beneath a proximal portion of the prosthesis, and extending to a holding location spaced proximally of a side hole of the prosthesis by a distance of at least 1 mm.

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