Patent ID: 8419679
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. A method for deploying a stent within a patient's blood vessel, the method comprising: providing an apparatus for removing emboli from a vessel during an interventional procedure, the apparatus comprising a single catheter, a self-expanding stent, and a sheath, the single catheter comprising: the stent being disposed on the catheter distal of the occlusion element, and the sheath being disposed over the stent and the occlusion element; advancing the catheter to a target site within the patient's blood vessel; moving the sheath proximally relative to the stent so that the sheath is no longer disposed over the stent or the occlusion element and allowing the stent to self-expand; expanding the occlusion element; expanding the dilation element; while the occlusion element is expanded, contracting the dilation element and then aspirating blood through the one or more aspiration ports; and after the blood has been aspirated, contracting the occlusion element.