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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2009
Richard S. Kusleika, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Richard S. Kusleika, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Tyco Healthcare Group LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A delivery device includes a delivery tube having an elongate release member. An everted stent may be releasably captured by the elongate release member between the release member and the delivery tube. The captured and everted stent can be distally advanced to a target site, followed by manipulating the release member to free the captured stent. Some devices utilize distal advancement of the release member while other devices use proximal retraction of the release member to free the captured stent. Once released, the stent is free to self-expand or be expanded against the surrounding blockage and/or vessel walls. In some methods, a guide catheter or microcatheter is also included and disposed about the everted and captured stent to advance the stent, delivery tube, and release member to a location near the site to be stented.