Patent ID: 11944560
Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. A system for delivering a stent into a body lumen, comprising:
a stent;
a stent delivery apparatus configured to deliver the stent through an access site in a wall of the body lumen;
an outer sheath configured to constrain a proximal portion of the stent in a collapsed configuration within the outer sheath while retracting the outer sheath toward the access site; and
a tubular member being configured to advance through the access site in the wall of the body lumen, wherein the stent is disposed on the tubular member such that the tubular member is disposed within a lumen of the stent along a distal portion of the stent and disposed outside of the stent along the proximal portion of the stent.