Peeling sheath for self-expanding stent

A system which is capable of accurately treating an affected area in a body lumen. The system includes a catheter which is positionable in the body lumen at the treatment site and includes an interventional device such as a self-expandable stent which may be deployed in the blood vessel at the treat...

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Hauptverfasser:	BELDING BRENT, BIGUS STEVE, GEORGE SUZANNE WALLACE
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	A system which is capable of accurately treating an affected area in a body lumen. The system includes a catheter which is positionable in the body lumen at the treatment site and includes an interventional device such as a self-expandable stent which may be deployed in the blood vessel at the treatment site. The system also includes an expansion retention member, adapted to be extended about the interventional device. The system further includes an extendable member, adapted to be extended about the expansion retention member and the interventional device, for delivery of the interventional device to the treatment site, and to be retractable from extending about the expansion retention member for enabling the interventional device to expand at the treatment site.