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Devices for stent advancement

US8876881B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 22, 2007
Grant dateNov 4, 2014
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Expiry dateApr 3, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD10B2509/06
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Devices and methods for stent advancement, including methods for instructing another or others how to advance a stent into an anatomical structure or into a testing/demonstration synthetic structure, such as a polymer tube. The advancement may be achieved by at least two periods of stent engagement that drive a stent distally from a sheath separated by a period of non-engagement.

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