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US 2024/0390170 A1Published application
Method And Apparatus For Stent Delivery
AssigneeMicroVention, Inc.
InventorsPonaka Pung, Helen Nguyen
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method, apparatus, and kit for assisting the expansion of a self-expanding stent, especially within highly curved or tortuous blood vessels. An elongated pusher having an expandable distal mesh portion can be positioned within a self-expanding stent, expanding during delivery to provide extra expansion force to the stent to ensure the stent properly expands.
Claims1
A stent delivery device comprising:
- an elongated element;
- a mesh portion disposed around the elongated element and further having a compressed configuration and a radially-expanded configuration;
- and, a stent disposed over the mesh portion;
- wherein the mesh portion radially expands against an interior of the stent during deployment of the stent from a catheter to form, in its radially-expanded configuration, a bulb shape.
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