A stenting system includes a stent delivery catheter having a catheter shaft with a step balloon mounted thereon. The step balloon has a proximal portion and a distal portion, wherein the proximal portion is inflatable to a larger expanded diameter than the distal portion. A two-part stent has a proximal part that i...

A catheter system and method are described for stenting a vessel at a bifurcation or sidebranch of the vessel. The catheter system includes a first balloon catheter, a second balloon catheter and a releasable linking device for holding the first and second balloon catheters arranged in a side-by-side configuration a...

A catheter system and method are described for stenting a vessel at a bifurcation or sidebranch of the vessel. The catheter system comprises: a first balloon catheter having a shaft with a proximal end and a distal end and a first inflatable balloon mounted on the shaft proximate to the distal end; and a second ball...

Apparatus and methods are described for performing protected angioplasty and stenting of a patient"s carotid bifurcation. An integrated catheter system can be configured in a rapid- exchange version or in an over-the-wire version. The catheter system includes a self- expanding stent, a stent delivery sheath, a combi...

The present invention relates to a catheter system of the type comprising: -a stent delivery catheter (2) having a proximal end and a distal end and an interior lumen extending between the proximal end and the distal end; -a stent (1) having a proximal end and a distal end and a stent lumen extending between the pro...

A catheter system is described for performing protected angioplasty and stenting of a patient's carotid bifurcation. A self-expanding stent is deployed across a stenosis in the patient's carotid artery. A catheter system that includes a rapid exchange angioplasty catheter with an occlusion balloon catheter positione...