Title:
DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR STENTS HAVING PROTRUDING FEATURES
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2022189857
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide delivery systems for expandable elements, such as stents or scaffolds having spikes, flails, or other protruding features for uniformly injecting a drug into a patient and/or penetrating target tissue within the patient, and associated methods for using such systems.SOLUTION: According to the present invention, the delivery systems can be configured to deliver and position expandable structures within a body lumen (e.g., vessel). In addition, these delivery systems can also be configured to deploy and expand an expandable structure in the body lumen. The delivery systems can further be configured to engage with the expanded structure and collapse the structure for removal from the body lumen. The delivery systems can be configured to deliver another expandable structure or the same expandable structure to another body lumen, or the same body lumen, in a single procedure or during a plurality of procedures.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Inventors:
Jimenez, Theodoro, S.
Full Carson, John
Rizuku, Isa
Mustafa, Jihad, Ali
Full Carson, John
Rizuku, Isa
Mustafa, Jihad, Ali
Application Number:
JP2022162070A
Publication Date:
December 22, 2022
Filing Date:
October 07, 2022
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Reflow Medical Incorporated
International Classes:
A61F2/966
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Patent Attorney Corporation Asamura Patent Office