A stent delivery system and a method are provided. The stent delivery system includes an inner and outer elongate shaft. The outer shaft is coaxially positioned over at least a portion of the inner shaft and the inner shaft is rotatably positionable relative to the outer shaft about a longitudinal axis from a first to a second rotational position. The stent delivery system also includes a stent positioned on at least a portion of the inner shaft and having a constrained and an expanded configuration. Proximal and distal constraining members releasably connected to the stent. The proximal and the distal constraining members cooperatively apply a torsional force to at least a portion of the stent in the constrained configuration and the inner and outer shafts in the first rotational position.
