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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steve Bigus, San Jose, CA (US);
Orlando M. Padilla, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Brent Belding, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 ;
Abstract
A catheter assembly for delivering an endoprosthesis within a body lumen. A delivery catheter assembly is provided which includes a stent with biocompatible material thereon for preventing the stent from expanding or otherwise dislodging from the catheter. The stent with biocompatible material is secured to an expandable member of a delivery catheter, whereby inflation of the expandable member causes the biocompatible material to fail, thereby permitting the stent to expand and deploy in a body lumen.