System and method for sequentially deploying two or more implantable medical devices

A method for sequentially deploying two or more implantable medical devices, the method comprising:

• providing an intraluminal delivery system having a delivery configuration comprising:
• two or more implantable medical devices arranged longitudinally adjacent to each other about an inner catheter;
• one or more separator bands slideably disposed about the inner catheter, each separator band positioned between longitudinally adjacent medical devices;
• an outer catheter overlying the inner catheter and disposed proximal to the medical devices, the outer catheter having an inner diameter large enough to allow longitudinal motion of the inner catheter but small enough to prevent the medical devices from passing therethrough;
• and
• advancing the intraluminal delivery system to a first treatment site in a body vessel;
• deploying a first medical device at the first treatment site;
• deploying a second medical device at a second treatment site;
• moving the inner catheter relative to the outer catheter to retract a distal tip of the inner catheter after deploying at least one of the first and second medical devices;
• and
• removing the intraluminal delivery system from the body vessel, the first and second medical devices remaining deployed.