Patent ID: 6143016
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A stent deployment system for deploying one or more stents within a body lumen, the system comprising:a catheter having a shaft with an outer surface, a proximal end, and a distal end including an expandable member;a substantially tubular sheath having a proximal end and a distal end, a stiff proximal portion located proximally to a less stiff distal portion only, an outer surface, and a lumen therethrough defining an inner surface, the sheath configured for slidable movement over the catheter shaft;a substantially tubular stent having a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration, the stent being removably attached in the delivery configuration over the distal portion of the sheath and alternately disposed overlying the expandable member and proximal to the expandable member; anda handle disposed at the proximal portion.