Patent ID: 6955687
Filing Date: 2005-10-18
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of stenting a bifurcated vessel comprising: a) implanting a bifurcated stent with a balloon, said bifurcated stent having a pair of stent sections, and said balloon having a pair of inflatable sections aligned side-by-side; said first stent section having an opening in its lateral wall, and said second stent section capable of being placed through said lateral wall opening so that a portion of said second stent section is maintained outside said first stent section; and wherein said opening is sized such as to maintain said stents in close-fitting relationship to each other in a bifurcated lumen of the body b) guiding said stent sections on said balloon to a target area of the body; c) causing said second stent section to pass through the opening in said first stent section, so that at least a portion of said two stent sections are separated and a portion of said second stent section is maintained outside said first stent section; d) inflating said inflatable sections, to thereby expand said stent sections, and said second stent section expanded sufficiently to maintain said stents in close-fitting relationship to each other in said target area.