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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2009
Applicant:
Israel S. Chermoni, Haifa, IL;
Inventor:
Israel S. Chermoni, Haifa, IL;
Assignee:
XTENT, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/84 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A catheter configured to carry one or more stents and having an inflatable balloon for expanding a stent surrounding the balloon. The catheter is characterized in having a positioner for moving the one or more stents relative to the balloon torn a first position in which the stent does not surround the balloon to a second position in which the stent surrounds the balloon. Also disclosed is a method for deploying a stent at a desired location in the vascular system.