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Balloon catheter with stent securement means
Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed Inc
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Filing: 2000-12-12
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Granted: 2003-01-14
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Expires: 2020-12-12
Abstract
Abstract An assembly for delivery and deployment of an inflation expandable stent within a vessel is comprised of a catheter, an inflation expandable stent, an expandable balloon, and a securement device such as a corrugated tube component or an expandable tube component. The tube component is mounted on the inner shaft beneath the balloon and provides increased securement to the stent in a reduced delivery diameter to maintain the stent on the catheter during delivery to the deployment site. The tube component is adhered to the inner shaft and has a plurality of ribs or is fluid expandable to no more than the delivery diameter, and may be comprised of more than one separately inflatable pouch expandable to provide the stent with a substrate seat with increased friction and to decrease the slack in stent recoil crimping. The assembly is used in a method for delivering and deploying a stent, and also adds safety when loading/crimping the stent onto a balloon.
Inventors
- 👤 Fernando Di Caprio
- 👤 Stanley A. Nordin
- 👤 Louis G. Ellis
- 👤 Andrew J. Dusbabek
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 02:15
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61M; A61M25/00; A61M25/10; A61M25/1011; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/95; A61F2/9522; A61F2/958; A61M25/1018; A61M25/10184; A61M25/104; A61F2002/9583; A61F2002/9586; A61M2025/1013; A61M2025/1043; A61M2025/1063; A61M2025/1079; A61M2025/1093
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 33
Claim 1
Independent Claim
85 words
An assembly for delivery and deployment of an expandable stent within a vessel, comprising: a catheter having proximal and distal ends and an inner shaft; an expandable balloon coaxially mounted on the catheter; and a tube component coaxially mounted on the catheter axially within the expandable means, wherein the tube component is attached to the inner shaft at at least two consecutive points, the tube component having an outer wall, the outer wall comprising a plurality of ribs between the at least two consecutive points.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
85 words
An assembly for delivery and deployment of an expandable stent within a vessel, comprising: a catheter having proximal and distal ends and an inner shaft; an expandable balloon coaxially mounted on the catheter; and a tube component coaxially mounted on the catheter axially within the expandable means, wherein the tube component is attached to the inner shaft at at least two consecutive points, the tube component having an outer wall, the outer wall comprising a plurality of ribs between the at least two consecutive points.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
87 words
The assembly according to claim 1 , the assembly further comprising 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, the expandable balloon being capable of expansion of the stent from the delivery diameter to the deployment diameter upon application of fluid deployment pressure to the balloon.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
The assembly according to claim 2 , the catheter comprising an inner shaft and an outer shaft, wherein the tube component is a thermoplastic ribbed tube attached to the catheter and is formed from a low modulus polymer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
43 words
The assembly according to claim 3 , the tube component being formed from a material chosen from the group consisting of polypropylene, low density polyethylene (LDPE), high density polyethylene (HDPE), ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), nylon, polyester, polyethylene terephthalate (“PET”), Surlyn™, Pebax and urethane.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the diameter of the tube component is approximately equal to the delivery diameter of the stent.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
The assembly according to claim 5 , wherein the tube component is essentially equal in length to the stent and wherein the stent is positioned on the assembly essentially coextensive with the tube component.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
The assembly according to claim 6 , further comprising marker bands fixed to the inner shaft beneath the tube component.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
The assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the tube component is comprised of more than one ribbed tube.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
37 words
The assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the tube component is inflatable, such that when the tube component is inflated it applies radial pressure on the expandable balloon, when the stent is in its delivery diameter.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
44 words
The assembly according to claim 2 , further comprising at least one sleeve having first and second ends, the first end being attached to the catheter and the second end covering a portion of the stent, when the stent is in its delivery diameter.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
25 words
The assembly according to claim 10 , comprising two sleeves, one covering each end of the stent, when the stent is in its delivery diameter.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
44 words
The assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the tube component is slidable along the inner shaft and is attached to a retracting means, such that after the stent has been deployed, the user may slide the tube component proximally along the inner shaft.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
131 words
A method for delivering and deploying a stent using an assembly according to claim 2 , comprising: providing a catheter having proximal and distal ends, with an expandable balloon coaxially mounted on the catheter, and a tube component having a plurality of ribs coaxially mounted on the catheter, axially within the expandable balloon, so that the balloon is in an unexpanded condition; providing a stent which is expandable from a delivery diameter to a deployment diameter; mounting the stent, in a diameter greater than the delivery diameter, on the balloon; contracting the stent to the delivery diameter to conform to an overall profile of the catheter, the tube component and the balloon; delivering the assembly to a deployment site; and inflating the balloon to expand the stent to its deployment diameter.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method according to claim 13 , wherein the tube component is a corrugate tubing adhered to the catheter formed of a low modulus polymer and having a diameter of approximately that of the delivery diameter.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method according to claim 13 , wherein the tube component is essentially equal in length to the stent and wherein the stent is positioned on the assembly essentially coextensive with the tube component.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
114 words
The assembly according to claim 1 wherein the tube component is an expandable tube component coaxially mounted on the catheter, axially within the expandable balloon, the tube component designed and adapted for fluid expansion 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 assembly further comprising 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.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
35 words
The assembly according to claim 16 , wherein the expandable tube component is sized and constructed to be fluid expandable to no more than the delivery diameter and to no more than the securement pressure.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
19 words
The assembly according to claim 17 , wherein the tube component is comprised of more than one inflatable pouch.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
31 words
The assembly according to claim 18 , wherein the tube component is comprised of three pouches, with a proximal and distal pouch inflatable to a greater pressure than a medial pouch.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
34 words
The assembly according to claim 16 , wherein the tube component is essentially equal in length to the stent and wherein the stent is positioned on the assembly essentially coextensive with the tube component.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
152 words
A method for delivering and deploying a stent using an assembly according to claim 16 , comprising: providing a catheter having proximal and distal ends, with an expandable balloon coaxially mounted on the catheter, and an expandable tube component coaxially mounted on the catheter, axially within the expandable balloon, so that the balloon and the tube component are each in an unexpanded condition; providing a stent which is expandable from a delivery diameter to a deployment diameter; mounting the stent, in a diameter greater than the delivery diameter, on the balloon; contracting the stent to the delivery diameter to conform to an overall profile of the catheter, the tube component and the balloon; inflating the tube component to provide to the stent a securement pressure to retain the stent in the delivery diameter; delivering the assembly to a deployment site; and inflating the balloon to expand the stent to its deployment diameter.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method according to claim 21 , wherein the expandable tube component is sized and constructed to be fluid expandable to no more than the delivery diameter.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method according to claim 21 , wherein the tube component is essentially equal in length to the stent and wherein the stent is positioned on the assembly essentially coextensive with the tube component.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method according to claim 21 , wherein the tube component is comprised of more than one inflatable pouch.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method according to claim 24 , wherein the tube component is comprised of three pouches, with a proximal and distal pouch inflatable to a greater pressure than a medial pouch.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
13 words
The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the outer wall forms undulations.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
25 words
The assembly according to claim 26 , the tube component having a length, wherein the undulations are formed along the length of the tube component.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
23 words
The assembly according to claim 26 , wherein the undulations form peaks and troughs and wherein the peaks form the plurality of ribs.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
108 words
An assembly for delivery and deployment of an inflation expandable stent within a vessel, comprising: a catheter having proximal and distal ends and an inner shaft; 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 balloon coaxially mounted on the catheter axially; and a securement means for securing the stent to the balloon, the securement means coaxially mounted on the catheter axially within the expandable balloon.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
108 words
An assembly for delivery and deployment of an inflation expandable stent within a vessel, comprising: a catheter having proximal and distal ends and an inner shaft; 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 balloon coaxially mounted on the catheter axially; and a securement means for securing the stent to the balloon, the securement means coaxially mounted on the catheter axially within the expandable balloon.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
49 words
The assembly of claim 29 wherein the securement means is an expandable tube component, the component designed and adapted for fluid expansion 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.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
31 words
The assembly of claim 29 wherein the securement means is a tube component coaxially mounted on the catheter axially within the expandable balloon, the tube component having a plurality of ribs.
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