Patent ID: 7192440

Claim:
A stent delivery device for delivering a plurality of stents or stent segments to a treatment site in a body lumen, the device comprising: a catheter shaft having a proximal end and a distal end; an expandable member coupled with the catheter shaft near the distal end; at least one implantable carrier disposed over the expandable member, the implantable carrier being dividable at a plurality of locations along its length; a plurality of stent segments disposed along the carrier; and a sheath slidably disposed over the implantable carrier to constrain expansion of a proximal portion of the expandable member while allowing expansion of a distal portion of the expandable member, wherein the sheath is adapted to divide the implantable carrier at one of the locations, wherein a distal portion of the expandable member expands a distal portion of the implantable carrier and at least one stent segment disposed thereon to deploy the distal portion of the implantable carrier and the at least one stent segment in the body lumen while a second portion of the implantable carrier remains unexpanded within the sheath.