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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2000
Fernando DiCaprio, Mendota Heights, MN (US);
Joseph M. Lyver, Hopkins, MN (US);
Scimed Life Systems, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A stent retaining sleeve which may be employed with a stent delivery system. The sleeves having two tubular components which are engaged to one another. The first component is an elastomeric tube which is designed to be disposed about the end of a stent and the portion of the catheter immediately adjacent thereto. The first component includes an inner surface which may be at least partially prelubricated with a lubricant. The second sleeve component is a second elastomeric tube which partially overlaps at least a portion of the first tube and is engaged thereto. A second portion of the second tube is constructed and arranged to engage a portion of the catheter shaft immediately adjacent thereto.