Patent ID: 6364900
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M

Abstract:
A stent delivery system for use in a fluid conduit in a body, the conduit having an interior wall, the system comprising:a catheter configured to be placed into a designated region of the conduit; a pre-formed stent configured to be mounted exterior to the catheter and moved into the designated region of the conduit by the catheter and placed upon the interior wall; a conduit blocking mechanism mounted on the catheter distal from the stent and configured to block the conduit while the stent is being placed upon the interior wall; wherein, the catheter has a fluid bypass channel that permits fluid to bypass the designated region of the conduit while the conduit blocking mechanism blocks the conduit, and an evacuation apparatus that removes embolism-forming particles from the conduit after the stent is placed upon the interior wall and while the conduit blocking mechanism blocks the conduit.