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Stent delivery system for prevention of kinking, and method of loading and using same

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  • US 6,858,034 B1
  • Filed: 05/18/2000
  • Issued: 02/22/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/20/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A stent delivery system-adapted to deliver a compressed stent having a proximal end and a distal end to a distal deployment location inside a body lumen from a proximal access location outside the body lumen, the stent delivery system comprising:

  • a pusher having a distal end located adjacent the stent proximal end; and

    a catheter tip having a proximal end located adjacent the stent distal end and attached to a central core slideably disposed within the pusher;

    wherein at least one of the pusher distal end and catheter tip proximal end comprises a docking section adapted to releasably engage a limited length of one end of the compressed stent, the docking section comprising an axially flared engagement surface which extends inside a short axial length of the stent.

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