Patent ID: 7300460

Claim:
A method for delivering a stent within a branch of a bifurcated vessel comprising the steps of: providing a bifurcated guidewire comprising a proximal end, a distal end, a length therebetween, and at least one bifurcation branching the guidewire into at least two arms, wherein at least one of the arms is controllable and wherein each arm is loaded with a stent and the arms are selectively movable relative to each other; advancing the guidewire distally within a bifurcated vessel to provide initial access to the bifurcated vessel without being inserted over another member; moving a control member to selectively move the arms relative to each other; positioning each guidewire arm within a different branch of the bifurcated vessel such that each stent is adjacent to a pre-selected treatment site within each branch; deploying the stents from the guidewire arms; removing the guidewire from the vessel.