Guide catheter, and stent delivery system

摘要

This stent delivery system includes: a guide catheter (10) inserted inside a stent (1), and inserted into the interior of the living body with the stent by a guide member inserted inside the guide catheter; a guide member inserted inside the guide catheter, and which guides the guide catheter and the stent to the interior of a living body; a push catheter (30) inserted into the interior of the living body with the guide catheter in a state where the guide catheter is inserted inside the push catheter, and which pushes the stent along the guide catheter; and an engaging portion (15) disposed on a head section of the guide catheter protruding from the stent, which engages with the stent in a state where the guide member is inserted into the head section, and which releases the stent in a state where the guide member is retracted away from the head section.