Patent ID: 11911305
Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. A delivery system for delivering a stent to a body lumen, the system comprising:
an inner member having a proximal end region, a distal end region, and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween;
an expandable stent disposed about an outer surface of the inner member adjacent the distal end region of the inner member;
a sheath releasably disposed over the expandable stent and constraining the expandable stent in a radially collapsed configuration;
an outer tubular member surrounding the sheath and longitudinally moveable relative to the sheath and the expandable stent; and
a cutting element fixed to the outer tubular member adjacent to the distal end region thereof and moveable with the outer tubular member, the cutting element extending from the outer tubular member toward the longitudinal axis of the inner member;
the outer tubular member proximally retractable from a first position to a second position;
wherein the cutting element is configured to cut along an entire length of the sheath, from a distalmost extent of the sheath to a proximalmost extent of the sheath, upon proximal retraction of the outer tubular member relative to the sheath to the second position.