Patent ID: 8066756
Filing Date: 2011-11-29
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A delivery device for delivering a stent or a stent-graft into a patient, including a catheter provided with a distal region for holding thereon a stent or a stent-graft on the distal region; the catheter including an internal lumen therewithin and a distal end; a containment sheath being provided with a distal portion and a proximal portion, wherein the distal portion of the containment sheath is everted over the distal region of the catheter to contain the stent or the stent-graft, wherein the proximal portion of the containment sheath located in the internal lumen, and wherein the distal portion of the containment sheath is pulled over the distal end and through the internal lumen of the catheter during delivery of the stent or the stent-graft.