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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2006
Bernard Andreas, Redwood City, CA (US);
David W. Snow, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jeffry J. Grainger, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Bernard Andreas, Redwood City, CA (US);
David W. Snow, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jeffry J. Grainger, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Xtent, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A stent deployment system includes a catheter shaft, an expandable member mounted to the catheter shaft, and one or more stents or stent segments slidably positioned on the expandable member. The stent deployment system is adapted for deployment of stents or stent segments in very long lesions and in tapered and curved vessels. The stent deployment system facilitates slidable movement of a stent in a distal direction relative to the expandable member while inhibiting slidable movement in a proximal direction relative to the expandable member.