The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2011
David Slattery, Co Galway, IE;
Michael Gilmore, Co Galway, IE;
Aemon Curley, Co Galway, IE;
Damian Kelly, Co Galway, IE;
David Slattery, Co Galway, IE;
Michael Gilmore, Co Galway, IE;
Aemon Curley, Co Galway, IE;
Damian Kelly, Co Galway, IE;
CAPPELLA, INC., Westford, MA (US);
Abstract
A stent delivery system configured to deliver a stent to a target region of a body lumen may include a catheter; a stent associated with the catheter, the stent having a first region and a second region; a balloon associated with the catheter, the balloon having a first balloon portion associated with the catheter proximate the first region of the stent and a second balloon portion associated with the catheter proximate the second region of the stent; and a sheath about the stent and the balloon, the sheath maintaining the stent in an undeployed configuration for delivery to a target region of a body lumen. The sheath may comprise a first sheath region configured to split at a first pressure thereby permitting the first region of the stent to assume a deployed configuration, a second sheath region configured to split at a second pressure thereby permitting the second region of the stent to assume a deployed configuration, the second pressure being greater than the first pressure and the first pressure being insufficient to cause the second region of the sheath to split, a split-stopping structure between the first and second sheath regions, the split-stopping structure being configured to prevent a split from propagating from the first sheath region to the second sheath region at the first pressure.