摘要 |
A stent-graft deployment system ( 10 ) includes a stent-graft ( 15 ), a flexible catheter tip ( 12 ) attached to a catheter shaft ( 25 ), a retractable primary sheath ( 20 ) containing the stent-graft in a first constrained small diameter configuration around the catheter shaft near the flexible tip. The stent-graft deployment system further includes a flexible secondary sheath ( 14 ) disposed within the retractable primary sheath and also containing the stent-graft, wherein when the primary sheath is removed from around the stent-graft, the flexible secondary sheath contains the stent-graft in a second constrained small diameter configuration around the catheter shaft near the flexible tip. The removal of the secondary sheath releases the stent-graft from a radial constraint so that stent-graft deployment may proceed.
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