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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2001
Paul J. Thompson, New Hope, MN (US);
Thomas M. Benson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
ev3 Peripheral, Inc., Plymouth, MN (US);
Abstract
A stent delivery system includes inner and outer tubular members with the outer tubular member sized to pass through the body lumen to the deployment site and with the inner tubular member sized to be received within the outer tubular member. The inner and outer tubular members are axially slideable relative to one another between a transport position and a deploy position. The inner tubular member has a stent attachment location at its distal end. The stent attachment location is covered by the outer tubular member when the inner and outer tubular members are in the transport position. The stent attachment location is exposed when the inner and outer tubular members are in the deploy position. A first handle is provided rotatably connected to a proximal end of the outer tubular member for the first handle to transmit to the outer tubular member axial forces applied to the handle by an operator and to rotate freely about the axis relative to the outer tubular member.