Balloon catheter for multiple adjustable stent deployment

A stent delivery system, comprising:

• a catheter having a distal end and an outer surface;
• an inflatable balloon configured to expand a stent surrounding the balloon;
• a plurality of stents on the outer surface of the catheter;
• a separating mechanism on the outer surface of the catheter, wherein a stent to be expanded is separated from an undeployed adjacent stent via the separating mechanism;
• and
• a positioner slidable longitudinally along the outer surface of the catheter and adapted to engage a proximal stent of the plurality of stents to move the plurality of stents relative to the balloon from a first position to a second position in proximity to the distal end so that at least one of the plurality of stents surrounds the balloon for deployment therefrom.

A method of delivering a plurality of stents, comprising:

• intravascularly advancing a catheter proximate or adjacent to a lesion, the catheter having a distal end, an outer surface, an inflatable balloon, and at least a first stent and a second stent slidably positionable and in direct contact with the balloon, wherein the first stent and the second stent are positioned on the outer surface of the catheter;
• separating the first stent from the second stent with a separating mechanism on the outer surface of the catheter;
• and
• expanding the balloon to expand the first stent at the lesion while the second stent is retained unexpanded on the outer surface of the catheter.