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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Gilson, County Galway, IE;
Gary S. Roubin, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
Salviac Limited, Dublin, IE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/700 ; A61M 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/700 ; A61M 2/900 ;
Abstract
A rapid exchange stent delivery catheter for delivery and deployment of a stent has a catheter shaft having a guidewire lumen defined by a passageway with an entrance and an exit. The stent is of a shape memory metallic alloy and is constrained by a sheath. The sheath has an elongate slot aligned with the guidewire lumen entrance so that a guidewire is not obstructed during movement of the sheath to deploy the stent. The sheath is pulled back linearly by a thumbscrew mechanism to deploy the stent.