STENT DELIVERY CATHETER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMPLANTING A SELF-EXPANDING STENT WITH EMBOLIC PROTECTION

摘要

A catheter system and method for implanting an i such as a stent at a treatment site in a patient's body lumen. The catheter provides a complete system for stent delivery, dilatation, and delivery and/or recovery of an expandable device, such as an embolic protection device, adjacent to the treatment site in the body lumen.