Patent ID: 8236042
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method for introducing and deploying an occlusive stent within a vessel, said method comprising: introducing a delivery assembly into a catheter, the delivery assembly comprising (i) an elongate flexible member; (ii) a retaining member, at a distal portion of the elongate member, having an inner lumen that extends around a circumference of the elongate member, the lumen receiving a first end of the stent to secure a portion of the stent in the retaining member; and (iii) an atraumatic tip at a distal end of the retaining member; positioning an end of said catheter proximate an aneurysm; advancing at least a portion of said delivery assembly out of said catheter; rotating said retaining member relative to the stent, whereby the first end moves proximally relative to the retaining member and is disengaged from within the lumen while deploying said stent at the aneurysm.