Patent ID: 8372132

Claim:
A stent inserting device for use in inserting a self-expandable stent with leading and trailing ends into a tubular organ of a living body, comprising: a grip body; an elongated flexible external tube attached to a front end of the grip body; an elongated flexible push member movably inserted into the external tube from a rear end of the grip body; a tubular cap for removably receiving the stent in a compressed state, the tubular cap having a front end operatively connected to the push member and a rear end slidably fitted over and surrounding a front end of the external tube; and a movable internal tube positioned between the external tube and the push member for movement toward and away from the tubular cap, wherein the stent is held entirely within the tubular cap to first expand the stent at a position near the trailing end thereof in response to the tubular cap being pushed away from the front end of the external tube by the push member and to further expand the stent at the trailing end thereof in response to the movable internal tube being pushed toward the tubular cap.