Patent ID: 8858490

Claim:
A system for treating a carotid artery, comprising: an arterial access device wherein the access device includes a distal sheath adapted to be transcervically introduced into a carotid artery through a penetration in a wall of the carotid artery; an interventional catheter adapted for transcervical insertion into the carotid artery via the arterial access device, wherein the interventional catheter is adapted to deploy a stent; a first hemostasis valve positioned on a proximal end of the arterial access device; wherein the interventional catheter is formed of: an elongated inner member having a distal region on which the stent may be mounted, the elongated inner member further having a protrusion on a proximal portion of the elongated inner member; an elongated stent containment sheath coaxially positioned over the inner member, the stent containment sheath formed by an annular side wall, wherein an opening is formed through a proximal portion of the annular side wall of the stent containment sheath, and wherein the protrusion of the inner member extends outward through the opening such that the protrusion of the inner member may be accessed by a user at a location outside the stent containment sheath.