Patent ID: 7074236

Claim:
A stent delivery system comprising: a catheter system including an elongate member including a chamber arranged at a distal end of said system, said chamber being structured and arranged to receive a preloaded stent; a sheath for covering said stent receiving section, said sheath having a proximal sheath portion extending over a proximal portion of said chamber and structured and arranged to be moveable in a proximal direction and a distal sheath portion extending over a distal portion of said chamber structured and arranged to be moveable in a distal direction; a means for controlling the movement of said proximal sheath portion in said proximal direction and means for controlling the movement of said distal sheath portion in said distal direction; an inner tubular member having a first and a second end, said first end of said inner tubular member operably coupled to said means for manually controlling the movement of said distal sheath portion in said distal direction, said second end of said inner tubular member operably coupled to said distal sheath portion; wherein said proximal sheath portion is operably coupled to said means for controlling the movement of said proximal sheath portion in said proximal direction and the movement of said distal sheath portion in said distal direction; wherein said means for controlling the movement of said proximal sheath portion in said proximal direction and the movement of said distal sheath portion in said distal direction comprises: a rotatable proximal housing; and a stationary distal housing operably coupled to said rotatable outer proximal housing; and wherein said means for controlling the movement of said proximal sheath portion in said proximal direction and the movement of said distal sheath portion in said distal direction further comprises: a cup shaped insert operably coupled to said rotatable proximal housing such that upon rotation of said rotatable proximal housing said cup shaped insert moves in a proximal direction; and wherein said proximal sheath portion is coupled to said cup shaped insert such that upon rotation of said rotatable proximal housing said proximal sheath portion moves in a proximal direction.