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Device for the implantation of self-expanding endoprostheses

  • US 5,484,444 A
  • Filed: 10/14/1993
  • Issued: 01/16/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An implanting device in combination with a tubular radially self-expanding endoprosthesis comprising:

  • an elongated inner core element having an outer surface over which said endoprosthesis is placed and a tubular outer body that can be moved in relation to said core element and that at least partially surrounds said core element and said endoprosthesis to hold said endoprosthesis in a radially contracted state, the endoprosthesis having a longitudinal length in a radially contracted state, wherein said core element has a stamping on its outer surface corresponding to at least 10% and at most 50% of the longitudinal length of the contracted endoprosthesis, the stamping essentially complementing the shape of an inner surface of said endoprosthesis when said endoprosthesis is in a radially contracted state.

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