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Luminal stenting

  • US 9,724,221 B2
  • Filed: 06/30/2015
  • Issued: 08/08/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of delivering a stent delivery system, the method comprising:

  • inserting the delivery system into a curved path, the delivery system comprising a catheter, a core member disposed within the catheter, first and second restraints coupled to the core member, a stent engagement component coupled to the core member between the first and second restraints, and a stent extending over the first and second restraints, the first and second restraints each having a longitudinally tapered end; and

    causing the core member to bend in the curved path without causing the first and second restraints to compress the stent against an inner wall of the catheter, wherein causing the core member to bend causes the stent, positioned over the first and second restraints, to undergo the bend without causing the first and second restraints to contact an inner surface of the stent.

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