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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2001
Brent Belding, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Steve Bigus, San Jose, CA (US);
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An assembly for delivering a self-expanding stent to an intraluminal location comprising a sheath having a generally non-compliant first portion and a compliant second portion, with the stent positioned within the generally non-compliant first portion for stent delivery. Upon stent deployment, the stent passes from the generally non-compliant first portion into the compliant second portion, and then out of the sheath. The compliant second portion permits the stent to at least partially expand before it passes out of the sheath, so that the force with which the stent expands once outside the sheath is tempered.