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Stent delivery device

  • US 6,117,140 A
  • Filed: 06/26/1998
  • Issued: 09/12/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A lockable treatment device delivery catheter comprising:

  • an inner tube having proximal and distal ends;

    a guidewire element carried within the inner tube and extending from the proximal end of the inner tube to the distal end of the inner tube;

    a tip mounted over the inner tube at the distal end of the inner tube; and

    a motion arresting device disposed about the guidewire element and movable in a proximal and distal direction, the motion arresting device having a pullwire extending therefrom in a proximal direction, the motion arresting device capable of frictionally engaging the tip of the catheter with the guidewire when the motion arresting device is moved in an axial direction to prevent proximal and/or distal motion of the tip when engaged.

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