Patent ID: 6602279
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A medical device comprising an endoprosthesis of extended length comprising knitted filament material extending throughout said length, the filament material forming an elongated structure that is capable of providing support to a lumen of a body passageway, and having a proximal end and a distal end, the endoprosthesis having a small first diameter and being capable of being expanded to a larger second diameter; anda catheter having an inflatable, radially expandable portion associated therewith, the axial dimension of which is less than the length of the endoprosthesis, the endoprosthesis being detachably mounted in an unexpanded state on the catheter with the inflatable portion of the catheter disposed within a first portion of the endoprosthesis that is to be first expanded, the first portion being less than an entire length of the endoprosthesis.