US Patent No: 6,517,569
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Insertion device for stents and methods for use
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Feb 11, 2003
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Mar 20, 2001
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09/813,118
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Abstract
Two embodiments for a stent delivery catheter are disclosed. In the first embodiment, the stent delivery catheter comprises an outer sheath, a peel-away sheath, and an inner sheath. In the second embodiment, the stent delivery catheter comprises an outer sheath and an inner tubular member which distally ends in a tongue having an arcuate cross section.
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| 6,077,295 Self-expanding stent delivery system | 125 | 1996 | |
| 5,868,707 Protective sheath for catheter balloons | 26 | 1996 | |
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| 5,591,172 Transluminal implantation device | 77 | 1994 | |
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| 5,026,377 Stent placement instrument and method | 665 | 1990 | |
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| 5,643,278 Stent delivery system | 109 | 1995 | |
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| 5,433,723 Apparatus for widening a stenosis | 133 | 1994 | |
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| 5,766,203 Sheath with expandable distal extremity and balloon catheters and stents for use therewith and method | 178 | 1996 | |
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| 5,690,644 Apparatus for deploying body implantable stent | 211 | 1996 | |
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| 5,667,514 Device and method for inserting a flexible element into soft tissue | 61 | 1995 | |
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| 6,447,540 Stent deployment device including splittable sleeve containing the stent | 118 | 1997 | |
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| 4,503,569 Transluminally placed expandable graft prosthesis | 832 | 1983 | |
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| 5,395,349 Dual valve reinforced sheath and method | 205 | 1993 | |
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| 4,738,666 Variable diameter catheter | 305 | 1987 | |
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| 5,344,425 Intravascular stent and method for conditioning the surfaces thereof | 106 | 1992 | |
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| 5,782,838 Cytoscope delivery system | 61 | 1997 | |
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| 5,766,237 Method of reinforcing a body vessel using a intraluminal stent | 28 | 1995 | |
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| 5,667,522 Urological stent and deployment device therefor | 107 | 1995 | |
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| 5,562,641 Two way shape memory alloy medical stent | 246 | 1994 | |
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| 4,830,003 Compressive stent and delivery system | 682 | 1988 | |
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| 5,192,297 Apparatus and method for placement and implantation of a stent | 328 | 1991 | |
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| 5,571,172 Method and apparatus for endoscopic grafting | 69 | 1994 | |
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| 5,607,466 Catheter with a stent | 65 | 1995 | |
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| 5,782,847 Anti-stenotic method for occluded and partially occluded arteries | 6 | 1996 | |
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| 5,201,901 Expansion unit and apparatus for expanding tubular organ lumen | 169 | 1990 | |
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| 5,224,953 Method for treatment of obstructive portions of urinary passageways | 235 | 1992 | |
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| 5,591,226 Percutaneous stent-graft and method for delivery thereof | 127 | 1995 | |
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| 5,601,591 Stent for use in prostatic urethra, apparatus and placement device for same and method | 53 | 1994 | |
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| 4,596,559 Break-away handle for a catheter introducer set | 172 | 1984 | |
| 4,921,479 Catheter sheath with longitudinal seam | 201 | 1987 | |
| 4,994,066 Prostatic stent | 119 | 1988 | |
| 5,044,369 Bent topless catheters | 39 | 1990 | |
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| 11.5 Year Payment | $7400.00 | $3700.00 | $1850.00 | Aug 11, 2014 |
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| Surcharge - 11.5 year - Late payment within 6 months | $160.00 | $80.00 | $40.00 |
| Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unavoidable | $700.00 | $350.00 | $175.00 |
| Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unintentional | $1,640.00 | $820.00 | $410.00 |