Patent ID: 8317850

Claim:
A delivery device for delivering a stent, the device comprising: a delivery shaft defining a lumen; and an elongate release member disposed within the lumen defined by the delivery shaft, the elongate release member releasably securing an everted distal region of the stent between a distal region of the elongate release member and a distal region of the delivery shaft when a distal end of the elongate release member is disposed within a distal region of the lumen defined by the delivery shaft such that a distal end of the everted distal region of the stent is disposed distally of a proximal end of the stent to releasably secure the everted distal region of the stent within the lumen defined by the delivery shaft, wherein longitudinal movement of the elongate release member disengages the everted distal region of the stent from the elongate release member and frees the stent from the delivery shaft, wherein when the distal end of the elongate release member is disposed within the distal region of the lumen defined by the delivery shaft, the distal end of the everted distal region is disposed within the lumen defined by the delivery shaft and the proximal end of the stent is disposed outside of the lumen defined by the delivery shaft.