Stent and method and device for packing of same
First Claim
1. A method for inserting a stent into a deployment catheter, said deployment catheter comprising an outer tube, a plunger at least partially disposed within said outer tube and having a longitudinal dimension, and a stent engagement means connected to a distal end of the plunger for engaging a proximal end of a stent such that the stent engagement means is expandable away from the longitudinal dimension of the plunger, comprising the steps of:
- a) permitting the stent engagement means to expand away from the longitudinal dimension of the plunger;
b) engaging the stent engagement means and a proximal end of the stent;
c) cooling the stent; and
d) moving the plunger and outer tube relative to each other such that the stent is pulled into and disposed within the outer tube;
wherein the stent engagement means comprises one or more L-shaped hook-like elements.
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Abstract
A method for inserting a stent into the delivery sheath of a stent/graft deployment catheter. The stent has V hooks on its proximal end which are positively engageable by projections attached to a stent/graft deployment catheter plunger. The proximal end of the stent is manually squeezed over the V hooks such that the V hooks engage the projections. The catheter is passed through the center of a funnel. While maintaining pressure on the stent and the V hooks, the plunger is withdrawn so as to pull the stent into the delivery sheath through the center of the funnel. The funnel guides the stent into the delivery sheath and gradually compresses the stent as it approaches the delivery sheath.
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1. A method for inserting a stent into a deployment catheter, said deployment catheter comprising an outer tube, a plunger at least partially disposed within said outer tube and having a longitudinal dimension, and a stent engagement means connected to a distal end of the plunger for engaging a proximal end of a stent such that the stent engagement means is expandable away from the longitudinal dimension of the plunger, comprising the steps of:
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a) permitting the stent engagement means to expand away from the longitudinal dimension of the plunger;
b) engaging the stent engagement means and a proximal end of the stent;
c) cooling the stent; and
d) moving the plunger and outer tube relative to each other such that the stent is pulled into and disposed within the outer tube;
wherein the stent engagement means comprises one or more L-shaped hook-like elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for inserting a stent into a deployment catheter, said deployment catheter comprising an outer tube, a plunger at least partially disposed within said outer tube and having a longitudinal dimension, and a stent engagement means connected to a distal portion of the plunger for engaging a proximal end of a stent such that the stent engagement means can expand away from the longitudinal dimension of the plunger, comprising the steps of:
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a) permitting the stent engagement means to expand away from the longitudinal dimension of the plunger;
b) passing the deployment catheter through the center of a funnel;
c) cooling the stent;
d) engaging the stent engagement means and a proximal end of the stent;
e) while maintaining the engagement of the stent engagement means and the stent, positioning the deployment catheter relative to the funnel such that funnel maintains the engagement of the stent engagement means and the stent; and
f) moving the plunger and outer tube relative to each other such that the stent is pulled into and disposed within the outer tube. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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- 13. A stent deployment catheter comprising an outer tube, a plunger at least partially disposed within said outer tube and having a longitudinal dimension, and a stent engagement means being outwardly biased by a coil portion connected to a distal end of the plunger for engaging a proximal end of a stent, the stent engagement means being outwardly biased such that the stent engagement means is configured to expand away from the longitudinal dimension of the plunger, wherein the stent engagement means comprises one or more L-shaped hook-like elements.
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18. A method inserting a stent into a deployment catheter, said deployment catheter comprising an outer tube, a plunger at least partially disposed within said outer tube and having a longitudinal dimension, and a stent engagement device connected to a distal end of the plunger that engages a proximal end of a stent the stent engagement device being outwardly biased such that the stent engagement means is expandable away from the longitudinal dimension of the plunger, comprising:
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a) permitting the stent engagement device to expand away from the longitudinal dimension of the plunger;
b) engaging the stent engagement device and a proximal end of the stent;
c) cooling the stent; and
d) moving the plunger and outer tube relative to each other such that the stent is pulled into and disposed within the outer tube;
wherein the stent engagement device comprises one or more L-shaped hook-like elements. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method inserting a stent into a deployment catheter, said deployment catheter comprising an outer tube, a plunger at least partially disposed within said outer tube and having a longitudinal dimension, and a stent engagement device connected to a distal portion of the plunger that engages a proximal end of a stent such that the stent engagement device is expandable away from the longitudinal dimension of the plunger, comprising:
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a) permitting the stent engagement device to expand away from the longitudinal dimension of the plunger;
b) passing the deployment catheter through the center of a funnel;
c) cooling the stent;
d) engaging the stent engagement device and a proximal end of the stent;
e) while maintaining the engagement of the stent engagement device and the stent, positioning the deployment catheter relative to the funnel such that the funnel maintains the engagement of the stent engagement device and the stent; and
f) moving the plunger and outer tube relative to each other such that the stent is pulled into and disposed within the outer tube. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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- 30. A stent deployment catheter comprising an outer tube, a plunger at least partially disposed within said outer tube and having a longitudinal dimension, and a stent engagement means being outwardly biased by a coil portion connected to a distal end of the plunger for engaging a proximal end of a stent the stent engagement means being outwardly biased such that the stent engagement means expands away from the longitudinal dimension of the plunger, wherein the stent engagement means comprises one or more hook-like elements.
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