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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Andrea Venturelli, Concesio, IT;
Assignee:
INVATEC S.r.l., Concesio, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606108 ;
Abstract
A catheter structure is provided for dilating and for positioning stents. The catheter structure includes a catheter having an inflatable balloon. Two collars are fixed around a catheter part inside the balloon and intended to define two annular shoulders one in front of the other and spaced apart in parallel. A tubular adapter is arranged around the catheter portion between the collar. The balloon, when empty, is wrapped around the collars with the tubular adapter comprised between same. The shoulders form bilateral axial closing means for a stent that is arranged and contracted around the empty and wrapped balloon.