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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2007
Mark D. Wood, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
F. Anthony Headley, Jr., Plymouth, MN (US);
Gary J. Leanna, Holden, MA (US);
Mark D. Wood, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
F. Anthony Headley, Jr., Plymouth, MN (US);
Gary J. Leanna, Holden, MA (US);
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to an endoscopic stent delivery device. The device includes an endoscope having an elongate shaft including a proximal end, a distal end, an outer wall and a longitudinal working channel through the elongate shaft defining an inner wall of the elongate shaft; a stent juxtaposingly disposed to a distal portion of the inner wall; and an inner tubular member slidably disposed within the working channel and having a stent holding member engaging an interior portion of the stent for releasably securing the stent to the distal portion of the inner wall. The device may further include a viewing device disposed at the distal end of the endoscope and/or an illuminating device disposed at the distal end of the endoscope.