Patent ID: 9044350
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An alignment apparatus, the alignment apparatus comprising a central sheath, an alignment sheath, and a first stent, the central sheath and the alignment sheath each having a wall and a distal end, the wall of at least the distal end of the alignment sheath engaged to the wall of the central sheath so that the distal end of the alignment sheath has a fixed position relative to the central sheath, the wall of the central sheath defining a central lumen, a central guide wire extending within the central lumen, the wall of the alignment sheath defining an alignment lumen, an alignment guide wire extending within the alignment lumen, the distal end of the alignment sheath positioned proximally to the distal end of the central sheath, the first stent disposed about one of the alignment guide wire or the central guide wire, the first stent having a pre-delivered state, the first stent in the pre-delivered state contained within at least one of the central sheath and the alignment sheath.