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Embolism prevention device

  • US 6,364,900 B1
  • Filed: 07/14/1999
  • Issued: 04/02/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/14/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A stent delivery system for use in a fluid conduit in a body, the conduit having an interior wall, the system comprising:

  • a catheter configured to be placed into a designated region of the conduit;

    a pre-formed stent configured to be mounted exterior to the catheter and moved into the designated region of the conduit by the catheter and placed upon the interior wall;

    a conduit blocking mechanism mounted on the catheter distal from the stent and configured to block the conduit while the stent is being placed upon the interior wall;

    wherein, the catheter has a fluid bypass channel that permits fluid to bypass the designated region of the conduit while the conduit blocking mechanism blocks the conduit, and an evacuation apparatus that removes embolism-forming particles from the conduit after the stent is placed upon the interior wall and while the conduit blocking mechanism blocks the conduit.

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