Patent ID: 7241308
Filing Date: 2007-07-10
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A stent deployment system for deploying one or more stents in a blood vessel having a luminal taper, the stent deployment system comprising: an elongated catheter shaft having a proximal end and a distal end; an expandable member mounted to the catheter shaft near the distal end, the expandable member having an outer surface and a proximal extremity and a distal extremity, the proximal extremity having a first expanded diameter and the distal extremity having a second expanded diameter, the first expanded diameter being larger than the second expanded diameter in general correspondence to the luminal taper; and a plurality of separately deployable stent segments slidably positionable on the proximal and distal extremities for expansion therewith; wherein at least a first and a second of the stent segments can be expanded simultaneously by the expandable member, the first stent segment being positioned on the proximal extremity and expanded to a larger diameter than the second stent segment positioned on the distal extremity.