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Guidewire-less stent delivery methods

  • US 8,016,869 B2
  • Filed: 12/24/2003
  • Issued: 09/13/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of coronary vessel treatment comprising:

  • advancing a balloon catheter to a treatment site;

    performing an angioplasty by dilating the balloon catheter at the treatment site to dilate an area of stenosis;

    retracting the balloon catheter proximally away from the treatment site;

    advancing a guidewire-less delivery guide including a self-expanding stent distally to the treatment site, wherein the stent is not sheathed during advancement;

    releasing the stent to self-expand from the guidewire-less delivery guide while a portion of the guidewire-less delivery guide is within a lumen of the balloon catheter.

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