Patent ID: 7238197
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A deployment system for treating a bifurcation of a main vessel and a first and second branch vessels, comprising: an elongate, flexible body, having a proximal end and a distal end; a first stent and a second stent carried by the distal end, wherein the first stent is closer to the distal end of the elongate body than the second stent, said first stent comprising a first stent distal end and said second stent comprising a second stent distal end; and a releasable restraint, for retaining the stents on the flexible body, wherein the releasable restraint comprises a tubular sheath having a plurality of expansion limiting bands; wherein the first stent distal end has a smaller diameter than the second stent distal end when the first and second stents are expanded, and wherein at least one of said first and second stents is self-expandable.