Patent ID: 7691125
Filing Date: 2010-04-06
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. A system for forming a stent of a desired length at an endoluminal site, the system comprising: an elongate stent body severable into a deployed portion and an undeployed portion thereof and including a marking pattern along a length thereof, the stent body including a central lumen sized to receive a wire guide; an outer sheath overlying the stent body, the outer sheath including a primary lumen and a secondary lumen, the stent body being slidingly disposed within the primary lumen in a substantially straight but pliable configuration and comprising a coiled configuration at an endoluminal treatment site; an endoluminal cutting mechanism comprising a wire in a snare configuration operatively connected to a drive cable slidingly disposed within the secondary lumen of the outer sheath, wherein the cutting mechanism is configured to sever the stent body into the deployed portion and the undeployed portion in response to motion of the drive cable within the secondary lumen, and wherein the marking pattern comprises a regular arrangement of markers for estimating a length of each of the deployed portion and the undeployed portion of the stent body.