Patent ID: 6866679

Claim:
An elongate stent delivery assembly, the assembly comprising: a delivery tube having a distal region, a proximal region, and a lumen therethrough; a stent including a stent body having a distal region, a proximal region, and an intermediate region disposed between the distal region and the proximal region, the stent body having a lumen therethrough, wherein the stent body distal region is disposed over the delivery tube distal region, and everted over a delivery tube distal end, such that a stent body distal end is disposed within the delivery tube lumen; and an elongate release member having a proximal region, a distal region, and a distal end, wherein the release member distal region is releasably coupled to the everted stent body distal region, such that releasing the releasable coupling between the release member distal region and the everted stent body distal region frees the stent from the delivery tube.