Patent ID: 7666216
Filing Date: 2010-02-23
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A catheter for delivering a vascular prosthesis within a body vessel, the vascular prosthesis having a distal section and a proximal section, the catheter comprising: an inner member comprising: a sheath slideably disposed over at least a portion of the inner member to restrain the vascular prosthesis against the elongated member during transluminal insertion of the catheter; the radially expandable balloon comprising a non-radially expandable proximal shoulder; the non-radially expandable proximal shoulder comprising means for engaging the distal section of the vascular prosthesis to prevent axial translation of the vascular prosthesis during proximal retraction of the sheath; the means for engaging comprising means for enhancing frictional engagement with the distal section of the vascular prosthesis; and the means for engaging comprising proximal of the whole radially expandable length of the balloon.