Stent delivery catheter assembly and method of use
US6833002B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 19, 2001 |
| Grant date | Dec 21, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 29, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2/958
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A deformable sheath is attached to a catheter and introduced intravascularly to be expanded against an arterial wall and entrap plaque therebetween. A stent is subsequently deployed within the expanded sheath and the sheath is then withdrawn from within the vasculature to leave the stent expanded against the arterial wall with the plaque entrapped therebetween.
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