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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2010
Joshua J. Schmitt, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Jeffery Argentine, Petaluma, CA (US);
Joshua J. Schmitt, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Jeffery Argentine, Petaluma, CA (US);
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
A stent or stent-graft delivery system includes a stent ejection component. The stent ejection component includes a body and an ejection collar. The ejection collar extends from the body in the proximal direction. The ejection collar assists in automatically ejecting a proximal end of a stent when the tapered tip is moved in the distal direction to deploy the stent. A stent or stent-graft delivery system may also include a retain-sleeve landing component. The retaining-sleeve landing component includes a body and a landing collar. The landing collar extends from the body in a distal direction. The landing collar automatically captures a tapered tip of the delivery system when the tapered tip is moved in a distal direction to deploy a stent contained in the delivery system. Upon capture of the tapered tip, the stent ejection component with the tapered tip attached has an atraumatic profile.