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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2003
Applicant:
Susan I. Shelso, Plymouth, MN (US);
Inventor:
Susan I. Shelso, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A delivery device for a catheter-sheath assembly includes an outer shaft having proximal and distal ends, an inner shaft having proximal and distal ends, and a rigid inner member disposed within the inner shaft. A catheter is secured to the rigid inner member and a sheath extends from the outer shaft, covering the catheter and a stent maintained on the distal end of the catheter. The outer shaft is directable from a first position to a second position to retract the distal end of the sheath with respect to the catheter to deploy a stent or other therapeutic or corrective element from within the sheath.