Patent ID: 6371962
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: A61F,A61L,A61M

Abstract:
A stent delivery system for carrying and delivering a stent having a first end and a second end and a contracted state and an expanded state, the system comprising:a catheter having a shaft having a diameter and expandable inflatable means associated therewith at a distal part of the shaft and including mounting and retaining means for receiving the stent on the expandable inflatable means whereby the stent is radially expanded upon inflation of the inflatable means, the mounting and retaining means including at least one mounting body, the at least one mounting body having a length and an outer surface diameter and being carried on and surrounding the shaft inside the inflatable means whereby the diameter of the shaft is increased at the distal part for facilitating the mounting and retaining of the stent and wherein, when the stent is mounted on the catheter, the at least one mounting body is between the stent and the shaft, the outer surface diameter of the at least one mounting body being substantially constant along its length.