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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
May. 31, 2005
Applicants:
Bernard Andreas, Redwood City, CA (US);
Craig Welk, Tracy, CA (US);
David Sanderson, Burlingame, CA (US);
Inventors:
Bernard Andreas, Redwood City, CA (US);
Craig Welk, Tracy, CA (US);
David Sanderson, Burlingame, CA (US);
Assignee:
J.W. Medical Systems Ltd., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for delivering stents and other prostheses to body lumens include a prosthesis forming and deploying mechanism carried at the distal end of a catheter shaft. The mechanism is adapted to form and deploy prostheses of a variable length, and to form and deploy multiple prostheses during a single interventional procedure.