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Low profile delivery system for stent and graft deployment

  • US 7,329,275 B2
  • Filed: 09/10/2003
  • Issued: 02/12/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/21/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for delivering and deploying a prosthesis, the system comprising:

  • the prosthesis, comprising a graft and an underlying stent, the graft having a connected end that is attached to the stent and an opposite end that is not attached to the stent;

    a first member for releasably retaining at least a portion of the underlying stent in a compressed configuration, wherein at least a portion of the first member is positioned between the stent and the graft;

    at least one second, releasable attachment member for releasably retaining at least the opposite end of the graft in a compressed configuration; and

    a movable pusher member adapted to interface with the second member, the second member being releasable in response to movement of the movable pusher member.

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