A catheter delivery device for a self-expanding stent including a distalcatheter component, a distal sheath disposedover the stent, a proximal catheter shaft defining a tube； a proximal sheathconnected to the distal sheath defining a lumencontaining the catheter shaft, an open distal end suitable to receive theproximal end of the distal catheter component side-by-side withthe distal end of the catheter shaft and； a casing tube surrounding thecatheter shaft having a distal end telescopically receiving theproximal end of the distal sheath.
