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Apparatus for delivering and deploying a stent
Assignee: Schneider USA Inc
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Filing: 1997-04-21
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Granted: 1998-10-06
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Expires: 2017-04-21
Abstract
Abstract A radially self-expanding stent particularly suited for treating esophageal strictures, includes a medial region and proximal and distal cuffs having diameters greater than the medial region diameter when the stent is in the relaxed state. A silicone coating circumscribes the medial region, but the cuffs are not coated and retain their open weave construction. As a result, the cuffs remain particularly well suited to immediately contact esophageal wall tissue and resist stent migration, while the silicone coated medial region provides a barrier to tumor ingrowth, and has an enhanced radial restoring force to maintain an open passageway in the esophagus. A deployment device for the stent includes an interior catheter surrounded by the stent and having an esophageal dilation feature, along with an exterior catheter that radially compresses the stent. A low durometer sleeve, fixed to the interior tube and in surface engagement with the compressed stent, tends to fix the axial position of the stent relative to the interior catheter whenever the exterior catheter is moved axially relative to the inner catheter. Consequently, precision in stent placement and the ability to recapture a partially deployed stent are enhanced.
Inventors
- 👤 Liann M. Johnson
- 👤 Richard J. Thompson
- 👤 John A. Scholl
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 19:29
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/02; A61F2/04; A61F2/06; A61F2/07; A61F2/82; A61F2/86; A61F2/90; A61F2/95; A61F2/962; A61F2/966; A61F2/0077; A61F2/9517; A61F2002/072; A61F2002/075; A61F2002/821; A61F2002/9665; A61F2230/00; A61F2230/0063; A61F2230/0073; A61F2230/0078; A61F2250/00; A61F2250/0058; A61F2250/0096; A61F2250/0097; A61M; A61M25/00; A61M2025/0008
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
309 words
An apparatus for deploying a radially expandable stent within a body lumen, including: a stent confining device for maintaining a radially expandable stent in a delivery configuration in which the stent has a reduced radius; an elongate and flexible stent delivery device for delivering the radially expandable stent into a body lumen and positioning the stent at a treatment site within the body lumen, with the stent surrounding the stent delivery device along a distal region of the delivery device, while a proximal region of the delivery device remains outside of the body; a stent restraining apparatus disposed along the distal region of the delivery device; a moving member operatively coupled to the stent confining device and movable axially along the proximal region of the delivery device to move the stent confining device axially relative to the stent delivery device toward and away from a confinement position in which the stent confining device maintains the radially expandable stent in the delivery configuration and urges the stent into a surface engagement with the stent restraining apparatus, wherein the stent restraining apparatus during said surface engagement tends to maintain the stent axially aligned with the deployment device as the stent confining device is moved axially away from the confinement position to release the stent for radial expansion; and indicia defining a plurality of segments arranged axially along the proximal region of the stent delivery device, each of the segments being associated with a different one of a plurality of stages of said release of the stent, whereby an axial alignment of the moving member with each one of the segments visibly indicates an axial position of the stent confining device with respect to the distal region of the stent delivery device and further indicates the associated stage of said release, thus to facilitate a monitoring of said release of the stent.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
309 words
An apparatus for deploying a radially expandable stent within a body lumen, including: a stent confining device for maintaining a radially expandable stent in a delivery configuration in which the stent has a reduced radius; an elongate and flexible stent delivery device for delivering the radially expandable stent into a body lumen and positioning the stent at a treatment site within the body lumen, with the stent surrounding the stent delivery device along a distal region of the delivery device, while a proximal region of the delivery device remains outside of the body; a stent restraining apparatus disposed along the distal region of the delivery device; a moving member operatively coupled to the stent confining device and movable axially along the proximal region of the delivery device to move the stent confining device axially relative to the stent delivery device toward and away from a confinement position in which the stent confining device maintains the radially expandable stent in the delivery configuration and urges the stent into a surface engagement with the stent restraining apparatus, wherein the stent restraining apparatus during said surface engagement tends to maintain the stent axially aligned with the deployment device as the stent confining device is moved axially away from the confinement position to release the stent for radial expansion; and indicia defining a plurality of segments arranged axially along the proximal region of the stent delivery device, each of the segments being associated with a different one of a plurality of stages of said release of the stent, whereby an axial alignment of the moving member with each one of the segments visibly indicates an axial position of the stent confining device with respect to the distal region of the stent delivery device and further indicates the associated stage of said release, thus to facilitate a monitoring of said release of the stent.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein: the stent delivery device comprises a first elongate tubing.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
The apparatus of claim 2 further including: a distal tip at a distal end of the first tubing, for dilating a malignant stricture at the treatment site.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
74 words
The apparatus of claim 2 wherein: the stent confining device comprises a second elongate and flexible length of tubing having a lumen running the length thereof, the first tubing is contained within the lumen with said proximal region extended proximally of the second tubing when the second tubing is in the confinement position, and said indicia visibly indicate an axial position of said proximal region relative to a proximal end of the second tubing.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
The apparatus of claim 4 wherein: the axial restraining apparatus comprises a sleeve surrounding the first tubing along the distal region, said sleeve having a lower durometer reading than the second tubing.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
The apparatus of claim 5 further including: an adhesive applied to an exterior surface of the sleeve.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
The apparatus of claim 4 wherein: the axial restraining apparatus comprises a plurality of elongate strips disposed along the distal region.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
45 words
The apparatus of claim 4 further including: a detent device removably mounted to the first tubing along the proximal region, for preventing any substantial axial movement of the first tubing relative to the second tubing, to releasably maintain the second tubing in the confinement position.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
32 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein: the stent confining device when in the confinement position maintains the stent elastically radially compressed, and when moved axially away, releases the stent for radial self-expansion.
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