Patent ID: 9198666
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method for delivering a stent to a location within a vessel, said method comprising: introducing a delivery assembly into a catheter, the delivery assembly comprising (i) an elongate flexible member; and (ii) a retaining member, at a distal portion of the elongate member, having an inner lumen that extends around a circumference of the elongate member, the lumen receiving a first end of the stent to secure a portion of the stent in the retaining member; positioning the stent and a distal end of the catheter proximate an aneurysm within the vessel such that at least a portion of the stent is outside of the distal end of the catheter; rotating said retaining member relative to the stent, whereby the first end moves proximally relative to the retaining member and is disengaged from within the lumen while deploying said stent at the aneurysm.