STENT DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING MULTIPLE STENT-ENGAGING ELEMENTS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device, a system, a manufacturing method and a use method to deliver and deploy stents.SOLUTION: A stent delivery system 104 can include a plurality of stent-engaging elements 110, 112, 114, and 116 configured to move relative to each other. Each of the stent-engaging elements can include a radially outwardly projecting portion configured to engage a stent 102. Each of the stent-engaging elements can be configured to move the stent when distally advanced and not move the stent when proximally retracted.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1C