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Bifurcated stent and delivery system

US8632579B2 · kind B2 · utility

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137References

20Claims

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Assignee

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · US

Inventors

Gregory G. Brucker · Minneapolis, US
Enrique Malaret · Plymouth, US
Todd Hall · Goshen, US
David Byrd · Louisville, US
Gerald Hubbs · Louisville, US
Gregory R. Furnish · Lawrenceville, US
Josh Barber · Louisville, US
Indaka Gunasekara · Louisville, US
Benjamin E. Morris · Louisville, US
Valerie Futral Maron · Louisville, US
Sava A. Chernomordik · Louisville, US
William C. Mers Kelly · Crestwood, US
William A. Reuss, Jr. · Louisville, US
Simon Furnish · New York, US
Michael W. Wilson · Crestwood, US
Hacene Bouadi · Palo Alto, US
John C. Muskivitch · Cupertino, US
Matthew L. Pease · Mountain View, US
David A. Rahdert · San Francisco, US
Travis Rowe · Santa Rosa, US
Gregory M. Ruhf · Cupertino, US
Brandon G. Walsh · Syracuse, US
Claude Vidal · Lompoc, US
Thomas Banks · Lompoc, US
Russ Redmond · Goleta, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 15, 2010
Grant date	Jan 21, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 16, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2250/006
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Systems for delivering a bifurcated stent to a bifurcation site include catheters and/or bifurcated systems delivered therefrom. A catheter includes a balloon with a bulge region that allows a portion of the stent to be expanded.

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