Patent ID: 6022359
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: A61F,A61M

Abstract:
A flexible radially expandable stent delivery tool for supporting and locating a collapsed stent within a body lumen and expanding the stent when desired, the delivery tool comprising in combination:an inflatable balloon having an interior enclosed by an outer surface, said outer surface extending radially from a central axis when said balloon is inflated;said outer surface having at least two separate sections axially spaced from each other;said outer surface having at least one notch between said at least two sections, said notch defining a portion of said balloon having a radial size less than a radial size of said outer surface at said at least two sections when said balloon is inflated; andsaid outer surface supporting a radially expandable stent adjacent thereto, such that when said balloon is inflated, said stent is radially expanded.