Stent, Stent Graft and Other Implantable Assemblies

摘要

A stent or other implantable medical device is provided with one or more gripping shoulders which are able, when the stent is compressed onto a delivery cannula to frictionally mechanically engage the outer surface of the catheter so as to grip thereon and maintatin the position of the stent relative to the cannula during withdrawal of the covering sheath.