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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2002
Darragh Colgan, Galway, IE;
Peter A. Hamilton, East Bridgewater, MA (US);
Paul Dicarlo, Middleboro, MA (US);
Andrew J. Campbell, Reading, MA (US);
Sean Gilligan, Galway, IE;
Albert Chin, Newton Highlands, MA (US);
Kristian Dimatteo, Watertown, MA (US);
Darragh Colgan, Galway, IE;
Peter A. Hamilton, East Bridgewater, MA (US);
Paul DiCarlo, Middleboro, MA (US);
Andrew J. Campbell, Reading, MA (US);
Sean Gilligan, Galway, IE;
Albert Chin, Newton Highlands, MA (US);
Kristian DiMatteo, Watertown, MA (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a system for delivering a medical prosthesis into a body lumen. A preferred embodiment of the invention utilizes a catheter having a stent mounted at the distal end that is released into the body lumen by movement of an outer sheath covering the stent in the proximal direction. The stent expands to conform to the inner wall of the lumen and the catheter is withdrawn.