Patent ID: 6371978
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A method of stenting a bifurcated vessel having a bifurcation, a first vessel branch, and a second vessel branch, comprising the steps of:providing a dual balloon Y-shaped catheter having a first expandable member and a second expandable member; providing a Y-shaped stent mounted on the first and second expandable members; providing a tubular member and placing it about the first and second expandable members such that the first and second expandable members are normally biased apart, but are restrained and held together by the tubular member; delivering the Y-shaped stent to a target area; withdrawing the tubular member proximally until the first expandable member and the second expandable member are released and spring apart; implanting the Y-shaped stent by inflating the first and second expandable members; deflating the first and second expandable members; and withdrawing the catheter.