Patent ID: 6749627
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M

Abstract:
A stent delivery system for delivering a stent to a deployment site in a body lumen of a patient's body, said stent delivery system comprising:an elongated, flexible outer tubular member having a distal end and a proximal end; an elongated, flexible inner tubular member having a distal end and a proximal end; said outer tubular member sized to be passed through said body lumen with said distal end advanced to said deployment site and with said proximal end external to said body for manipulation by an operator; said inner flexible tubular member sized to be received within said outer tubular member with said inner tubular member and said outer tubular member axially slideable relative to one another between a transport position and a deploy position; said inner tubular member have a stent attachment location at said distal end of said inner tubular member said stent attachment location covered by said outer tubular member when said inner and outer tubular members are in said transport position, said stent attachment location exposed when said inner and outer tubular members are in said deploy position; and a first handle rotatably connected to said proximal end of said outer tubular member via a non-threaded connection.