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Methods and apparatus for luminal stenting

  • US 9,801,744 B2
  • Filed: 05/18/2015
  • Issued: 10/31/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, of implanting a stent in a patient'"'"'s vessel, comprising:

  • expanding a first portion of a stent against a vessel wall;

    expanding a second portion of the stent, proximal to the first portion; and

    after expanding the first portion and the second portion, while the first portion maintains a substantially similar cross-sectional dimension, and while movement of the first portion is impeded by a frictional force applied to the first portion by the wall, applying an axial force to change a first porosity of the second portion to a second porosity, less than the first porosity.

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