Patent ID: 7758624
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A percutaneous, transluminal stent delivery system, comprising: a tube for insertion into a body having a tube wall and extending a length between a proximal end and a distal end at a distal end of the system, the tube including luminal and abluminal surfaces and defining a lumen which extends the full length of the tube from a flare end to a distal tip zone contiguous with and affixed to the distal end of the tube, the distal tip zone including both the luminal surface and the abluminal surface tapering radially inwardly with increasing nearness to the distal end of the tube; and a device to advance a stent constrained from radially-outward expansion by the tube wall, at least a portion of the device being disposed in the lumen of the tube between the proximal end of the tube and the distal end of the tube, the device being removable from the flare end of the tube, wherein the distal tip zone is configured and attached to the distal end of the tube such that proximally withdrawing the distal end of the tube over the stent proximally withdraws the distal tip zone over the stent.