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Controlled deployment of a medical device

  • US 6,296,660 B1
  • Filed: 03/26/1998
  • Issued: 10/02/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A prosthesis delivery system comprising:

  • a catheter having an inflatable balloon on its exterior, a first portion of the balloon being initially partially constrained against inflation by a unitary elastomeric element surrounding the first portion of the balloon; and

    an expandable prosthesis disposed over at least the first portion of the balloon and over the elastomeric element.

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