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Stent delivery system having stent securement apparatus
Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed Inc
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Filing: 1997-08-22
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Granted: 1999-10-19
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Expires: 2017-08-22
Abstract
Abstract A system/assembly for delivery and deployment of an inflation expandable stent within a vessel, comprising a catheter having proximal and distal ends; a stent, inflation expandable from a delivery diameter to a deployment diameter, such that the delivery diameter is reduced from the deployment diameter for conforming the stent to the catheter, such that the stent, in its delivery diameter, is coaxially mounted on the catheter near the catheter distal end; an expandable inflation means coaxially mounted on the catheter axially within the stent, for expansion of the stent from the delivery diameter to the deployment diameter upon application of fluid deployment pressure to the inflation means; and a securement component coaxially mounted on the catheter, axially within the expandable inflation means, the securement component designed and adapted to provide a securement pressure to the stent in the delivery diameter to maintain the stent in position on the catheter during delivery to the deployment site.
Inventors
- 👤 Andrew J. Dusbabek
- 👤 Louis G. Ellis
- 👤 Christopher R. Larson
- 👤 Terry V. Brown
- 👤 Charles L. Euteneuer
- 👤 Steven P. Mertens
- 👤 Richard C. Mattison
- 👤 David J. Blaeser
- 👤 Linda R. Lorentzen Cornelius
- 👤 Martin R. Willard
- 👤 Fernando Di Caprio
- 👤 Stanley A. Nordin
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CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/95; A61F2/958; A61F2/9522; A61M; A61M25/00; A61M25/10; A61M25/1011; A61M25/1018; A61M25/10181; A61M25/10182; A61M25/10184; A61M25/104; A61F2002/9583; A61F2002/9586; A61M2025/1013; A61M2025/1043; A61M2025/1063; A61M2025/1079; A61M2025/1081; A61M2025/1093; A61M25/10185; A61M25/10186
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 25
Claim 1
Independent Claim
297 words
A system/assembly for delivery and deployment of an inflation expandable stent within a vessel, comprising: a catheter having proximal and distal ends; a stent, inflation expandable from a delivery diameter to a deployment diameter, such that the delivery diameter is reduced from the deployment diameter for conforming the stent to the catheter, such that the stent, in its delivery diameter, is coaxially mounted on the catheter near the catheter distal end; an expandable inflation means coaxially mounted on the catheter within the stent, for expansion of the stent from the delivery diameter to the deployment diameter upon application of fluid deployment pressure to the expandable inflation means; and a mounting and retaining means coaxially mounted on the catheter within the expandable inflation means, the mounting and retaining means designed and adapted to provide a securement pressure to the stent in the delivery diameter to maintain the stent in position on the catheter during delivery to the deployment site, the catheter having a shaft and the expandable inflation means being positioned at a distal part of the shaft, the mounting and retaining means being positioned for receiving the stent on the expandable inflation means for radial expansion of the stent upon expansion of the expandable inflation means, the mounting and retaining means including at least one enlarged mounting body carried on the shaft inside the expandable inflation means whereby the diameter of the shaft and expandable inflation means are increased at the distal part for facilitating the mounting and retaining of the stent, and further including a first sleeve at the distal end of the catheter, having a first end gripped to the catheter and a second end overlying an first end portion of the stent, the sleeve releasing the stent upon expansion of the expandable inflation means.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
297 words
A system/assembly for delivery and deployment of an inflation expandable stent within a vessel, comprising: a catheter having proximal and distal ends; a stent, inflation expandable from a delivery diameter to a deployment diameter, such that the delivery diameter is reduced from the deployment diameter for conforming the stent to the catheter, such that the stent, in its delivery diameter, is coaxially mounted on the catheter near the catheter distal end; an expandable inflation means coaxially mounted on the catheter within the stent, for expansion of the stent from the delivery diameter to the deployment diameter upon application of fluid deployment pressure to the expandable inflation means; and a mounting and retaining means coaxially mounted on the catheter within the expandable inflation means, the mounting and retaining means designed and adapted to provide a securement pressure to the stent in the delivery diameter to maintain the stent in position on the catheter during delivery to the deployment site, the catheter having a shaft and the expandable inflation means being positioned at a distal part of the shaft, the mounting and retaining means being positioned for receiving the stent on the expandable inflation means for radial expansion of the stent upon expansion of the expandable inflation means, the mounting and retaining means including at least one enlarged mounting body carried on the shaft inside the expandable inflation means whereby the diameter of the shaft and expandable inflation means are increased at the distal part for facilitating the mounting and retaining of the stent, and further including a first sleeve at the distal end of the catheter, having a first end gripped to the catheter and a second end overlying an first end portion of the stent, the sleeve releasing the stent upon expansion of the expandable inflation means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The system of claim 1, wherein at least two spaced enlarged mounting bodies are included.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The system of claim 1 wherein at least three spaced enlarged mounting bodies are included.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
The system of claim 1 wherein at least four spaced mounting bodies are included.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
49 words
The system of claim 1, further comprising a second sleeve at the distal end of the catheter, having a first end gripped to the catheter and a second end overlying a second end portion of the stent, the sleeves releasing the stent upon expansion of the expandable inflation means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
51 words
The stent delivery system of claim 2 further comprising a second sleeve at the distal end of the catheter, having a first end gripped to the catheter and a second end overlying a second end portion of the stent, the sleeves releasing the stent upon expansion of the expandable inflation means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
15 words
The stent delivery system of claim 6 wherein the expandable inflation means comprises a balloon.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
321 words
A system/assembly for delivery and deployment of an inflation expandable stent within a vessel, comprising: a catheter having proximal and distal ends; a stent, inflation expandable from a delivery diameter to a deployment diameter, such that the delivery diameter is reduced from the deployment diameter for conforming the stent to the catheter, such that the stent, in its delivery diameter, is coaxially mounted on the catheter near the catheter distal end; an expandable inflation means coaxially mounted on the catheter within the stent, for expansion of the stent from the delivery diameter to the deployment diameter upon application of fluid deployment pressure to the expandable inflation means; and a mounting and retaining means coaxially mounted on the catheter within the expandable inflation means, the mounting and retaining means designed and adapted to provide a securement pressure to the stent in the delivery diameter to maintain the stent in position on the catheter during delivery to the deployment site, the mounting and retaining means comprising at least one mounting body carried by the catheter at the distal end portion, the expandable inflation means comprising an expandable balloon coaxially mounted over the catheter distal end and the mounting body, the balloon being expandable from a contracted to an expanded state, the stent having an end portion overlying the balloon, the assembly further comprising: first and second cups coaxially mounted on the catheter distal end, each cup having a first end portion overlying a stent end portion, respectively, the cups constructed and arranged to retain the stent therebetween on the catheter in the stent reduced condition when the balloon is in the contracted state, the balloon and catheter cooperatively constructed and arranged to cause expansion of the balloon from the contracted to the expanded state to cause expansion of the stent, including the stent end portions, from the reduced to the enlarged condition, and thereby release the stent from abutting the cup end portions.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
321 words
A system/assembly for delivery and deployment of an inflation expandable stent within a vessel, comprising: a catheter having proximal and distal ends; a stent, inflation expandable from a delivery diameter to a deployment diameter, such that the delivery diameter is reduced from the deployment diameter for conforming the stent to the catheter, such that the stent, in its delivery diameter, is coaxially mounted on the catheter near the catheter distal end; an expandable inflation means coaxially mounted on the catheter within the stent, for expansion of the stent from the delivery diameter to the deployment diameter upon application of fluid deployment pressure to the expandable inflation means; and a mounting and retaining means coaxially mounted on the catheter within the expandable inflation means, the mounting and retaining means designed and adapted to provide a securement pressure to the stent in the delivery diameter to maintain the stent in position on the catheter during delivery to the deployment site, the mounting and retaining means comprising at least one mounting body carried by the catheter at the distal end portion, the expandable inflation means comprising an expandable balloon coaxially mounted over the catheter distal end and the mounting body, the balloon being expandable from a contracted to an expanded state, the stent having an end portion overlying the balloon, the assembly further comprising: first and second cups coaxially mounted on the catheter distal end, each cup having a first end portion overlying a stent end portion, respectively, the cups constructed and arranged to retain the stent therebetween on the catheter in the stent reduced condition when the balloon is in the contracted state, the balloon and catheter cooperatively constructed and arranged to cause expansion of the balloon from the contracted to the expanded state to cause expansion of the stent, including the stent end portions, from the reduced to the enlarged condition, and thereby release the stent from abutting the cup end portions.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
50 words
The system according to claim 3 further including a second sleeve at the distal end of the catheter, having a first end gripped to the catheter and a second end overlying a second end portion of the stent, the sleeves releasing the stent upon expansion of the expandable inflation means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
The stent delivery system of claim 6 wherein the enlarged mounting bodies are of a material which resiliently deforms under radial pressure.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
12 words
The stent delivery system of claim 10 wherein the material is elastomeric.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
12 words
The stent delivery system of claim 10 wherein the material comprises polyurethane.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
20 words
The stent delivery system of claim 6 wherein the stent is crimped to the mounting and retaining means for delivery.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
20 words
The stent delivery system of claim 6 including marker bands positioned on the shaft proximally and distally of the stent.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
15 words
The stent delivery system of claim 6 wherein the expandable inflation means comprises a balloon.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
327 words
A system/assembly for delivery and deployment of an inflation expandable stent within a vessel, comprising: a catheter having proximal and distal ends; a stent, inflation expandable from a delivery diameter to a deployment diameter, such that the delivery diameter is reduced from the deployment diameter for conforming the stent to the catheter, such that the stent, in its delivery diameter, is coaxially mounted on the catheter near the catheter distal end; an expandable inflation means coaxially mounted on the catheter within the stent, for expansion of the stent from the delivery diameter to the deployment diameter upon application of fluid deployment pressure to the expandable inflation means; and a mounting and retaining means coaxially mounted on the catheter within the expandable inflation means, the mounting and retaining means designed and adapted to provide a securement pressure to the stent in the delivery diameter to maintain the stent in position on the catheter during delivery to the deployment site, the catheter having a shaft and the expandable inflation means being positioned at a distal part of the shaft, the mounting and retaining means being positioned for receiving the stent to be delivered upon expansion of the inflatable means, the mounting and retaining means including at least one ring-shaped body inside the expandable inflation means and carried by the shaft, and the stent crimped to the expandable inflation means and the mounting body such that the stent is carried on the shaft and mounting body until expansion of the stent and expandable inflation means, the system further comprising a first and second sleeve in the distal part of the catheter positioned around the catheter, each having a first end gripped to the catheter and a second end overlying first and second end portions of the stent respectively, the first and second sleeves separately holding the stent before expansion thereof and upon expansion of the expandable inflation means and stent releasing the stent by sliding axially from over the stent.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
327 words
A system/assembly for delivery and deployment of an inflation expandable stent within a vessel, comprising: a catheter having proximal and distal ends; a stent, inflation expandable from a delivery diameter to a deployment diameter, such that the delivery diameter is reduced from the deployment diameter for conforming the stent to the catheter, such that the stent, in its delivery diameter, is coaxially mounted on the catheter near the catheter distal end; an expandable inflation means coaxially mounted on the catheter within the stent, for expansion of the stent from the delivery diameter to the deployment diameter upon application of fluid deployment pressure to the expandable inflation means; and a mounting and retaining means coaxially mounted on the catheter within the expandable inflation means, the mounting and retaining means designed and adapted to provide a securement pressure to the stent in the delivery diameter to maintain the stent in position on the catheter during delivery to the deployment site, the catheter having a shaft and the expandable inflation means being positioned at a distal part of the shaft, the mounting and retaining means being positioned for receiving the stent to be delivered upon expansion of the inflatable means, the mounting and retaining means including at least one ring-shaped body inside the expandable inflation means and carried by the shaft, and the stent crimped to the expandable inflation means and the mounting body such that the stent is carried on the shaft and mounting body until expansion of the stent and expandable inflation means, the system further comprising a first and second sleeve in the distal part of the catheter positioned around the catheter, each having a first end gripped to the catheter and a second end overlying first and second end portions of the stent respectively, the first and second sleeves separately holding the stent before expansion thereof and upon expansion of the expandable inflation means and stent releasing the stent by sliding axially from over the stent.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
22 words
The stent delivery system of claim 16 wherein the stent is generally tubular in shape and the mounting body is generally ring-shaped.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
16 words
The stent delivery system of claim 16 wherein at least two spaced mounting bodies are included.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
16 words
The stent delivery system of claim 16 wherein at least three spaced mounting bodies are included.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
16 words
The stent delivery system of claim 16 wherein at least four spaced mounting bodies are included.
Claim 24
Independent Claim
308 words
A system/assembly for delivery and deployment of an inflation expandable stent within a vessel, comprising: a catheter having proximal and distal ends; a stent, inflation expandable from a delivery diameter to a deployment diameter, such that the delivery diameter is reduced from the deployment diameter for conforming the stent to the catheter, such that the stent in its delivery diameter, is coaxially mounted on the catheter near the catheter distal end; an expandable inflation means coaxially mounted on the catheter within the stent, for expansion of the stent from the delivery diameter to the deployment diameter upon application of fluid deployment pressure to the expandable inflation means; and a mounting and retaining means coaxially mounted on the catheter within the expandable inflation means, the mounting and retaining means designed and adapted to provide a securement pressure to the stent in the delivery diameter to maintain the stent in position on the catheter during delivery to the deployment site, the catheter comprising a shaft, the expandable inflation means comprising a balloon positioned at a distal portion of the shaft for receiving a stent, and means for inflating the balloon, the mounting and retaining means including at least one ring-like mounting body carried on the shaft inside the balloon whereby the diameter of the shaft is increased inside the balloon to facilitate mounting of a stent to the catheter over the balloon and further including, the system further comprising a first and second sleeve in the distal part of the catheter positioned around the catheter, each having a first end gripped to the catheter and a second end overlying first and second end portions of the stent respectively, the first and second sleeves separately holding the stent before expansion thereof and upon expansion of the expandable inflation means and stent releasing the stent by sliding axially from over the stent.
Claim 25
Independent Claim
308 words
A system/assembly for delivery and deployment of an inflation expandable stent within a vessel, comprising: a catheter having proximal and distal ends; a stent, inflation expandable from a delivery diameter to a deployment diameter, such that the delivery diameter is reduced from the deployment diameter for conforming the stent to the catheter, such that the stent in its delivery diameter, is coaxially mounted on the catheter near the catheter distal end; an expandable inflation means coaxially mounted on the catheter within the stent, for expansion of the stent from the delivery diameter to the deployment diameter upon application of fluid deployment pressure to the expandable inflation means; and a mounting and retaining means coaxially mounted on the catheter within the expandable inflation means, the mounting and retaining means designed and adapted to provide a securement pressure to the stent in the delivery diameter to maintain the stent in position on the catheter during delivery to the deployment site, the catheter comprising a shaft, the expandable inflation means comprising a balloon positioned at a distal portion of the shaft for receiving a stent, and means for inflating the balloon, the mounting and retaining means including at least one ring-like mounting body carried on the shaft inside the balloon whereby the diameter of the shaft is increased inside the balloon to facilitate mounting of a stent to the catheter over the balloon and further including, the system further comprising a first and second sleeve in the distal part of the catheter positioned around the catheter, each having a first end gripped to the catheter and a second end overlying first and second end portions of the stent respectively, the first and second sleeves separately holding the stent before expansion thereof and upon expansion of the expandable inflation means and stent releasing the stent by sliding axially from over the stent.
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