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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2007
Bernard H. Andreas, Redwood City, CA (US);
Matthew Mcdonald, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Jay S. Daulton, Gilroy, CA (US);
Andrew Leopold, Hawthorn Woods, IL (US);
Philip Leopold, North Barrington, IL (US);
Matt Maulding, Bellemont, AZ (US);
Andrew Black, Round Lake, IL (US);
Bernard H. Andreas, Redwood City, CA (US);
Matthew McDonald, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Jay S. Daulton, Gilroy, CA (US);
Andrew Leopold, Hawthorn Woods, IL (US);
Philip Leopold, North Barrington, IL (US);
Matt Maulding, Bellemont, AZ (US);
Andrew Black, Round Lake, IL (US);
J.W. Medical System Ltd., Los Altos, CA (US);
Abstract
Delivery catheters and systems are adapted for delivering multiple discreet prostheses in body lumens. An exemplary delivery catheter comprises a sheath, a pusher for moving the prostheses relative to the sheath, and a valve member for selectively retaining the prostheses in the sheath. For balloon expandable stents, an elongated shaft and an expandable member are slidably disposed in the sheath, and the prostheses are positionable on the expandable member for deployment in the body lumen. The valve member allows a selected number of prostheses to be deployed from the sheath while retaining other prostheses within the sheath.