Patent ID: 8002820
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. Device for the delivery of a self-expanding stent into a body vessel, the device having a self-expanding stent having a mesh, a tubular element which is guided through the stent a marker element for marking one or more boundaries within a section of said self-expanding stent, the marker element including a radiopaque material wherein the marker element, being located between said stent and said tubular element, is slidably mounted on said tubular element and engages detachably into the mesh of said stent, wherein said marker element consists of a hollow cylindrical element and a sleeve body, wherein the hollow cylindrical element has at least one radially outward-pointing projection which engages into the mesh of the stent, and wherein the sleeve body fits inside the hollow cylindrical element of the marker element and is firmly connected to it.