Lucas Tradd Schneider,Bryan Matthew Ladd,Richard Kusleika,Rick Kravik,Sandra Vreeman
申请号：
US13937820
公开号：
US20130304186A1
申请日:
2013.07.09
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
An implant delivery system and method comprises an implant, for example, a stent, and a delivery catheter. The stent has a scaffold with a coating or a shell that retains the scaffold in a collapsed configuration. The coating or shell is made of a material that dissolves or biodegrades upon exposure to a dissolution or biodegradation media. The stent is used with an implant delivery system which has a catheter with a catheter, wherein the stent is mounted on the catheter shaft. The catheter shaft is configured to be withdrawn through the patients vessel when the scaffold is in its expanded configuration. Advantageously, the implant is thereby prevented from changing length during implant delivery and implant deployment.
