Patent ID: 6939368

Claim:
A catheter comprising: a central shaft; at least one guide wire movably positioned adjacent to the central shaft; at least one stent disposed about a distal portion of the at least one guide wire, having an unexpanded state and an expanded state, the stent comprising a plurality of cells; a removable sheath having a wall portion, the removable sheath being disposed about the at least one stent in the unexpanded state, the removable sheath constructed and arranged to retain the at least one stent in the unexpanded state, the removable sheath being retractable to allow the at least one stent to expand from the unexpanded state to the expanded state, the sheath having a distal end, the wall portion having at least one opening, the at lease one guide wire passing through the at least one opening; and a distal tip overlapping the distal end of said sheath for holding said sheath together; wherein the at least one guide wire passes through a cell of the stent.