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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2007
Applicants:
Ralf Kaufmann, Rangendingen, DE;
Berthold Hauser, Burladingen, DE;
Inventors:
Ralf Kaufmann, Rangendingen, DE;
Berthold Hauser, Burladingen, DE;
Assignee:
JOTEC GmbH, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An insertion system with a self-expanding braided stent () for implantation in a blood vessel has an outer sleeve () with a distal end () and a proximal end. An inner sleeve () arranged in the outer sleeve () is displaceable relative to the latter and protrudes, with a handling section, from the proximal end of the outer sleeve (). Moreover, at the distal end (), there is a tip () which is securely connected to a stent support () on which the braided stent () is arranged in its loaded state. The stent support () is arranged to be displaceable relative to the inner sleeve ().