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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles L. Brown, III, Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
Global Vascular Concepts, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 ; A61F 1/100 ; A61M 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 ; A61F 1/100 ; A61M 2/900 ;
Abstract
A stent delivery system having a stent the girth of which expands upon longitudinal compression, a pair of telescoping tubes where the inner tube has a greater length than the outer tube, and the stent surrounds the inner tube, a distal deployment strut fixedly connected at one end to the inner tube, and at the other end non-fixedly connected to the stent, a proximal deployment strut fixedly connected at one end to the outer tube, and at the other end non-fixedly connected to the stent, and an anchoring barb at the distal end of the stent.
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