Patent ID: 8048148

Claim:
A delivery system for implantation of self-expandable bifurcation stent into a side branch of a bifurcated vessel, the delivery system comprising: a polymeric tubular catheter having a polymeric cap at its distal end; a guide wire passing through a distal portion of the catheter; a pushing wire; at least two non-concentric channels formed along the longitudinal axis of the polymeric tubular catheter, the first channel accommodating the guide wire, and the second channel accommodating the pushing wire that has its distal end attached to the polymeric cap; the polymeric cap formed in a shape that slidably encloses a self-expandable tubular stent which is mounted over the tubular catheter; wherein the tubular stent has an eccentric proximal end oriented at an angle between a longitudinal axis of the stent and a plane of the cross-section of between 30 degrees and 70 degrees, with a first marker located on a proximal-most portion of the eccentric proximal end, and a second marker located on a distal portion of the eccentric proximal end; and the delivery system adapted to place the stent at the side branch and to move the cap off the stent using the pushing wire, and to rotate the stent while using the first and second markers for locating and rotating the stent so as to match the eccentric proximal end to an opening of the side branch.