Patent ID: 7981148

Claim:
A catheter adapted for delivering a stent or stent-graft, the catheter comprising: an inner member defining at least a guidewire lumen and one or more ancillary lumens, the inner member including proximal and distal ends; one or more actuating members extending in the ancillary lumens; a micro-machined hypotube having a plurality of openings defined therethrough disposed on the outside of the inner member and secured thereto; a stent releasably secured near the distal end of the inner member; and a retaining member having at least a first state and a second state, wherein in the first state at least a portion of the retaining member is in direct contact with the stent, in the second state at least a portion of the retaining member is underneath the hypotube, the retaining member coupled to at least one of the one or more actuating members allowing a user, from a proximal end, to actuate the retaining member between the first state and the second state and release the stent.