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Low profile delivery system for stent and graft deployment and method for deployment

  • US 6,645,240 B2
  • Filed: 03/25/2002
  • Issued: 11/11/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/21/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A low-profile system for delivering and deploying a prosthesis comprising a graft and an underlying stent that are attached to one another only at or near a distal end of the prosthesis, the system comprising:

  • the prosthesis;

    a sheath positioned between the stent and the graft proximally of the distal end; and

    at least one non-sheath means for retaining the graft against the sheath at least at or near a proximal end of the prosthesis during delivery of the prosthesis and for releasing prior to or during deployment of the prosthesis.

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