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Y-shuttle stent assembly for bifurcating vessels and method of using the same

  • US 5,669,924 A
  • Filed: 10/26/1995
  • Issued: 09/23/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/26/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A stent delivery system comprising(a) a shuttle for delivering one or more stents in a bifurcating vessel in a patient in need of such treatment comprising a tubular catheter having, at or near its distal end, a Y-shaped deployment segment having an expandable portion;

  • (b) a stent mounted on the expandable portion of the Y-shaped deployment segment of the shuttle; and

    (c) two balloon catheters, each having a shaft and each comprising a balloon at its distal end;

    wherein the Y-shaped deployment segment of the shuttle may be passed over the shafts of the balloon catheters and its expandable portion may be expanded by inflation of the balloons to deliver the stent in a desired location in a bifurcating vessel in the patient.

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