Patents Assigned to Abbott Cardiovascualr Systems Inc.
  • Stent delivery catheter system and method of implanting a self-expanding stent with embolic protection
    Patent number: 7776080
    Abstract: A catheter system and method for implanting an endoprosthesis 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascualr Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Nianjiong Joan Bei, Keif Fitzgerald, Patrick C. Saxton, Zhicheng Lin, Steven A. Tyler, Joanna Lubas