Method and associated device for positioning a stent deployed to support a vessel

US8663300B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Estelle Camus · Erlangen, DE
• Oliver Meissner · Munich, DE
• Andreas Meyer · Bubenreuth, DE
• Anton Nekovar · Neunkirchen, DE
• Martin Ostermeier · Buckenhof, DE
• Thomas Redel · Baiersdorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 11, 2008
• Grant date: Mar 4, 2014
• Expiry date: Sep 14, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2/958
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for positioning a stent able to be deployed to support a vessel in a blood vessel, especially in the cardiology, with the stent after its provisional placement in a not yet deployed state in an area intended for the support of the vessel, being at least partly automatically deployed as a function of at least one triggering signal for final positioning in the blood vessel.