Patent ID: 8623025
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A stent delivery system for deploying a stent within an enlarged curvilinear void created in a bony structure comprising: a handle; an elongate shaft adapted to releasably hold a self-expanding cement-directing stent at a distal end, wherein the elongate shaft includes an inner shaft, an outer shaft and a tubular sheath; and at least one user control mechanism adapted to deploy the stent, wherein the at least one user control mechanism includes a rotating user control mechanism and a stent release button, wherein the user control mechanism comprises a slot and a pin associated with each of the inner shaft, outer shaft and tubular sheath, such that rotation of the user control mechanism will force each pin along a direction determined by a respective slot, whereing the at least one user control mechanism is positioned in the handle and is used to move the elongate shaft and deploy the stent.