Patent ID: 6602226
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: A61F,A61M

Abstract:
A medical device delivery catheter having a proximal end and a distal end comprising:a) an inner tube having a medical device receiving region at the distal end; b) a balloon assembly movably disposed about the inner tube, the balloon assembly comprising a medical balloon longitudinally displaceable from the medical device receiving region; c) a retractable outer sheath disposed about the inner tube and movable relative to the inner tube to expose the medical device receiving region; d) a balloon assembly engagement member capable of movably engaging the outer sheath to the balloon assembly only on moving the outer sheath in a distal direction relative to the inner tube, distal movement of the outer sheath moving the balloon assembly in a distal direction on being so engaged; e) an inflation lumen capable of fluid communication with the medical balloon and extending proximally from the balloon; and f) an expandable medical device disposed about the medical device receiving region.