Stent (or stent graft) locating device
US6764503B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 18, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jul 20, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 18, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2220/0075
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A stent locating device that includes leading wires, a pushing rod for holding the leading wires, and a sheath for loading the pushing rod. The pushing rod includes inner and outer tubes. The inner tube is used as a guiding wire channel. An annular portion between the inner and outer tubes is used as a leading wire channel. The pushing rod may be a single tube having a hollow portion that is used as a guiding wire channel and a plurality of leading wire channels arranged in the body thereof at regular intervals circumferentially. The pushing rod may have a plurality of leading wires, crossing leading wires, or a combination of leading wires and auxiliary leading wires which are distributed at regular intervals circumferentially and are derived from the tip of a leading wire channel(s).
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