Patent ID: 9474640
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A deployment system for a bifurcated stent, the system comprising: a bifurcated catheter comprising a proximal first leg connected to a distal second leg and a distal third leg, the second and third legs including at least one splittable seam that extends across the second and third legs, a first guide wire passing through the first and second legs of the bifurcated catheter and a second guide wire passing through the first and third legs of the bifurcated catheter, the first and second guide wires for introducing the second and third legs of the bifurcated catheter into different but connected vessels, the first and second guide wire configured to assist with navigating the second and third legs of the bifurcated catheter in the vessels, a third guide wire that is a bifurcated stent-deployment guide wire, the bifurcated stent-deployment guide wire including a proximal first leg connected to a distal second leg and a distal third leg at a junction, a bifurcated stent comprising a proximal first leg connected to a distal second leg and a distal third leg, the proximal first leg of the bifurcated stent-deployment guide wire being received in the first leg of the bifurcated stent, the distal second leg of the bifurcated stent-deployment guide wire being received in the second leg of the bifurcated stent, and the distal third leg of the bifurcated stent-deployment guide wire being received in the third leg of the bifurcated stent, the second leg of the bifurcated stent and the distal second leg of the bifurcated stent-deployment guide wire being receivable into the second leg of the bifurcated catheter, the third leg of the bifurcated stent and the distal third leg of the bifurcated stent-deployment guide wire being receivable into the third leg of the bifurcated catheter.