Striped sleeve for stent delivery

摘要

A stent delivery system comprising a catheter. The catheter including a stent mounting region and a stent disposed thereabout. The stent having a distal end and a proximal end, and an unexpanded state and an expanded state. At least one stent retaining sleeve, having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end overlays an end of the stent when the stent is in the unexpanded state. The second end engaged to at least a portion of the catheter adjacent to the stent mounting region. The at least one stent retaining sleeve comprising a first material and at least one substantially longitudinally oriented stripe of a second material. The first material having a predetermined hardness and the second material having a predetermined hardness wherein the predetermined hardness of the second material has a greater Shore durometer value than the predetermined hardness of the first material.