Patent ID: 7955379
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. A method for stenting a bifurcation, comprising: providing a stent delivery assembly wherein a Y-shaped stent is mounted about an expandable branched distal end of a catheter having a first branch and a second branch, a first guide wire extending through said first branch and engaging said second branch so as to maintain said branches in a converging configuration and a guide wire lumen extending through said second branch; advancing a second guide wire through vasculature so that its distal end is positioned distal to said bifurcation; backloading a proximal end of said second guide wire into the distal end of said second branch; advancing said catheter over said second guide wire distal to said bifurcation; retracting said first guide wire from engagement with said second branch; positioning said Y-shaped stent in said bifurcation; and expanding said branched distal end of said catheter.