Intracranial stent and method of use
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1. A method of treating a diseased blood vessel of the brain of a patient, said method comprising:
- percutaneously inserting a self-expanding stent into a carotid artery of the patient and navigating the stent mounted on a delivery catheter through the carotid artery and into the blood vessel of the brain, the blood vessel having an aneurysm, wherein the stent comprises two overlapping edges that extend along a longitudinal axis of the stent;
ejecting the stent from the delivery catheter into the blood vessel;
inserting a treatment device through a wall of the stent and into the aneurysm, thereby treating the aneurysm;
withdrawing the stent, at least partially, into the delivery catheter; and
removing the delivery catheter and removing the stent.
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Abstract
A stent and stent catheter for intra-cranial use, and a method of treating vascular disease in blood vessels in the brain.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of treating a diseased blood vessel of the brain of a patient, said method comprising:
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percutaneously inserting a self-expanding stent into a carotid artery of the patient and navigating the stent mounted on a delivery catheter through the carotid artery and into the blood vessel of the brain, the blood vessel having an aneurysm, wherein the stent comprises two overlapping edges that extend along a longitudinal axis of the stent; ejecting the stent from the delivery catheter into the blood vessel; inserting a treatment device through a wall of the stent and into the aneurysm, thereby treating the aneurysm; withdrawing the stent, at least partially, into the delivery catheter; and removing the delivery catheter and removing the stent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of treating an aneurysm in a blood vessel in the brain of a patient, said method comprising:
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percutaneously inserting a self-expanding stent into a carotid artery of the patient and navigating the stent mounted on a first catheter through the carotid artery and into the blood vessel of the brain, wherein the stent comprises two overlapping edges that extend along a longitudinal axis of the stent; ejecting the stent from the first catheter into the blood vessel; inserting a treatment device through a wall of the stent and into the aneurysm via a second catheter, thereby treating the aneurysm; withdrawing the stent, at least partially, into the first catheter; and after the withdrawing, removing the stent from the patient. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of treating a diseased blood vessel in the brain of a patient, said method comprising:
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percutaneously inserting a self-expanding stent, comprising two overlapping edges that extend along a longitudinal axis of the stent, into a carotid artery of the patient and navigating the stent mounted on a delivery catheter through the carotid artery and into the blood vessel of the brain, the blood vessel having an aneurysm; temporarily deploying the stent from the delivery catheter into the blood vessel of the brain; thereafter treating the diseased blood vessel by inserting at least one aneurysm coil through a wall of the stent and into the aneurysm; and thereafter withdrawing the stent into the delivery catheter and removing the stent and delivery catheter from the blood vessel. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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