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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2007
Applicants:
Teodoro S. Jimenez, Jr., Irvine, CA (US);
John Fulkerson, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Raffaele Mazzei, Encinitas, CA (US);
Inventors:
Teodoro S. Jimenez, Jr., Irvine, CA (US);
John Fulkerson, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Raffaele Mazzei, Encinitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
One preferred embodiment includes a stent delivery system including a retractable sheath and an outer stability sheath. The stability sheath freely rotates relative to the retractable sheath, relieving compression forces caused by twisting of stability sheath in when in a tortuous conformation.