What is claimed is: l.A catheter deployment device comprising a catheter body and a deployable device held by said catheter body, a lubricous material lies between the catheter body and the deployable device .
2. The catheter deployment device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the lubricous material comprises a coating of MDX4-4159 on the catheter body.
3. The catheter deployment device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the lubricous material comprises a Dow Corning medical silicone 360 coating on the outer surface of the deployable body.
4. The catheter deployment device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the lubricous material comprises a coating of MDX4-4159 on the catheter body and a Dow Corning medical silicone 360 coating on the outer surface of the deployable body.
5. The catheter deployment device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the deployable body is a stent/graft.
6.A catheter deployment device comprising a catheter body having a lubricous coating and a deployable body, the deployable body is held by the deployment catheter, and the lubricous coating lies between the catheter body and the deployable body.
7. catheter deployment device comprising a catheter body and a deployable body having a lubricous coating, the deployable body is held by the catheter body, and the lubricous coating lies between the catheter body and the deployable body.
8. The catheter deployment device as claimed in claim 7 wherein the lubricous coating on the deployable body is Dow Corning medical silicone 360.
9. The catheter deployment device as claimed in claim 6 wherein the lubricous coating on the catheter body is MDX4-4159.
10.A stent/graft deployment catheter comprising a catheter body having an inner surface, a plunger, an inner tube, a tip, and a stent/graft having an outer surface, the catheter body, plunger, inner tube, tip, and stent graft, have distal and proximal ends and are co-axial, the catheter body, the plunger, and the stent/graft are slidingly disposed about the inner tube, the plunger is disposed within the catheter body, the proximal end of the tip is attached to the distal end of the catheter body, the stent/graft lies between the distal end of the plunger and the proximal end of the tip, the inner surface of the catheter body is coated with a first lubricous material .
11. The stent/graft deployment catheter as claimed in claim 10 wherein the first lubricous material is MDX4-4159.
12. The stent/graft deployment catheter as claimed in claim 10 wherein the outer surface of the stent/graft is coated with a second lubricous material .
13. The stent/graft deployment catheter as claimed in claim 12 wherein the second lubricous material is Dow Corning medical silicone 360.
14.A graft having an outer surface coated with a lubricous material .
15. The graft as claimed in claim 14 wherein the lubricous material is Dow Corning medical silicone 360.
16.A method for packing a stent/graft deployment catheter comprising a catheter body having an inner surface, a plunger, an inner tube, a tip, and a tubular stent/graft having an outer surface, the catheter body, plunger, inner tube, tip, and stent graft, have distal and proximal ends and are coaxial, the catheter body, the plunger, and the stent/graft are slidingly disposed about the inner tube, the plunger is disposed within the catheter body, the proximal end of the tip is attached to the distal end of the catheter body, the stent/graft lies between the distal end of the plunger and the proximal end of the tip, comprising the steps of: a) lubricating the inner surface of the catheter body with a first lubricous material; b) radially compressing the stent/graft; and c) disposing the compressed stent/graft about the distal end of the inner tube and within the distal end of the catheter body.
17. The method for packing a stent/graft deployment catheter as a claimed in claim 16 wherein the first lubricous material is MDX4-4159.
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18. method for packing a stent/graft deployment catheter comprising a catheter body having an inner surface, a plunger, an inner tube, a tip, and a tubular stent/graft having an outer surface, the catheter body, plunger, inner tube, tip, and stent graft, have distal and proximal ends and are coaxial, the catheter body, the plunger, and the stent/graft are slidingly disposed about the inner tube, the plunger is disposed within the catheter body, the proximal end of the tip is attached to the distal end of the catheter body, the stent/graft lies between the distal end of the plunger and the proximal end of the tip, comprising the steps of: a) lubricating the outer surface of the stent/graft with a first lubricous material; b) radially compressing the stent/graft; and c) disposing the compressed stent/graft about the distal end of the inner tube and within the distal end of the catheter body.
19. The method for packing a stent/graft deployment catheter as claimed in claim 18 wherein the first lubricous material is Dow Corning medical silicone 360.
20. The method as claimed in claim 18 wherein the method further comprises the step of lubricating the inner surface of the catheter body with a second lubricous material before radially compressing the stent/graft.
21. The method as claimed in claim 20 wherein the second lubricous material is MDX4-4159 and the first lubricous material is Dow Corning medical silicone 360.
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AMENDED CLAIMS
[received by the International Bureau on 5 August 1999 (05.08.99); original claims 3, 4, 6-9 and 12-21 cancelled; original claims 1, 2, 5, 10 and 11 amended; new claims 22-35 added (9 pages)]
What is claimed is:
1. A catheter deployment device comprising a catheter body having a lubricious inner surface, a sel -expanding deployable device disposed within said catheter body, and a lubricous material between the lubricious inner surface of the catheter body and an outer surface of the deployable device, said lubricious material being in a liquid state prior to insertion in a vessel and while in said vessel.
2. he catheter deployment device as claimed in claim l wherein the lubricous material is an amino functional silicone oligomer .
3. (Canceled) The catheter deployment device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the lubricous material comprises a Dow Corning medical silicone 360 coating on the outer surface of the deployable body.
4. (Canceled) The catheter deployment device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the lubricous material comprises a coating of MDX4- 159 on the catheter body and a Dow Corning medical silicone 360 coating on the outer surface of the deployable body.
5. The catheter deployment device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the deployable device is a stent/graft .
6. (Canceled) A catheter deployment device comprising a catheter body having a lubricous coating and a deployable
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body, the deployable body is held by the deployment catheter, and the lubricous coating lies between the catheter body and the deployable body.
7. (Canceled) A catheter deployment device comprising a catheter body and a deployable body having a lubricous coating, the deployable body is held by the catheter body, and the lubricous coating lies between the catheter body and the deployable body.
8- (Canceled) The catheter deployment device as claimed in claim 7 wherein the lubricous coating on the deployable body is Dow Coming medical silicone 360.
9. (Canceled) The catheter deployment device as claimed in claim 6 wherein the lubricous coating on the catheter body is MDX4-4159.
10. A stent/graft deployment catheter comprising a catheter body having a lubricous inner surface, a plunger, an inner tube, a tip, a stent/graft having an outer surface, and a lubricous material between the lubricous inner surface of the catheter body and the outer surface of the stent/graft, said lubricious material being in a liquid state prior to insertion in a vessel and while in said vessel, the catheter body, plunger, inner tube, tip, and stent/graft, have distal and proximal ends and are co-axial, the catheter body, the plunger, and the stent/graft are slidingly disposed about the inner tube, the plunger is disposed within the catheter body, the proximal end of the tip is attached to the distal end of the catheter body, the stent/graft lies between the distal end
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of the plunger and the proximal end of the tip.
11. The stent/graft deployment catheter as claimed in claim 10 wherein the lubricous material is an amino functional silicone oligomer.
12- (Canceled) The stent/graft deployment catheter as claimed in claim 10 wherein the outer surface of the stent/graft is coated with a second lubricous material .
13. (Canceled) The stent/gra t deployment catheter as claimed in claim 12 wherein the second lubricous material is Dow Corning medical silicone 360.
14. (Canceled) A graft having an outer surface coated with a lubricous material .
15. (Canceled) The graft as claimed in claim 14 wherein the lubricous material is Dow Corning medical silicone 360.
16. (Canceled) A method for packing a stent/graft deployment catheter comprising a catheter body having an inner surface, a plunger, an inner tube, a tip, and a tubular stent/graft having an outer surface, the catheter body, plunger, inner tube, tip, and stent graft, have distal and proximal ends and are co-axial, the catheter body, the plunger, and the stent/graft are slidingly disposed about the inner tube, the plunger is disposed within the catheter body, the proximal end of the tip is attached to the distal end of the catheter body, the stent/graft lies between the distal end of the plunger and the proximal end of the tip, comprising the steps of:
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a) lubricating the inner surf ce of the catheter body with a first lubricous material; b) radially compressing the stent/graft; and c) disposing the compressed stent/graft about the distal end of the inner tube and within the distal end of the catheter body.
17. (Canceled) The method for packing a stent/graft deployment catheter as a claimed in claim 16 wherein the first lubricous material is MDX4-4159.
18. (Canceled) A method for packing a stent/graft deployment catheter comprising a catheter body having an inner surface, a plunger, an inner tube, a tip, and a tubular stent/graft having an outer surface, the catheter body, plunger, inner tube, tip, and stent graft, have distal and proximal ends and are co-axial, the catheter body, the plunger, and the stent/graft are slidingly disposed about the inner tube, the plunger is disposed within the catheter body, the proximal end of the tip is attached to the distal end of the catheter body, the stent/graft lies between the distal end of the plunger and the proximal end of the tip, comprising the steps of: a) lubricating the outer surf ce of the stent/graf with a first lubricous material; b) radially compressing the stent/graft; and c) disposing the compressed stent/graft about the distal end of the inner tube and within the distal end of the catheter body.
19. (Canceled) The method for packing a stent/graft deployment catheter as claimed in claim 18 wherein the first lubricous material is Dow Corning medical silicone 360.
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20. (Canceled) The method as claimed in claim 18 wherein the method further comprises the step of lubricating the inner surface of the catheter body with a second lubricous material before radially compressing the stent/graft -
21. (Canceled) The method as claimed in claim 20 wherein the second lubricous material is MDX4-4159 and the first lubricous material is Dow Corning medical silicone 360.
22. A method for deploying a stent/graft loaded into a stent/graft delivery system, said stent/graft delivery system comprising a catheter having a lubricious inner surface, a plunger disposed within said catheter, and a lubricious material between the lubricious inner surface of the catheter and an outer surface of the stent/graft, said lubricious material being in a liquid state prior to insertion in a vessel and while in said vessel, comprising the step of moving the catheter and plunger relative to each other thereby exposing the stent/graft.
23. A method for packing a self-expanding deployable device into a catheter delivery system having a lubricious inner surface, comprising the steps of: a) applying a lubricous material to an outer surface of the deployable device, said lubricious material being in a liquid state prior to insertion into a vessel and while in said vessel ; b) radially compressing the deployable device; and c) dvancing said deployable device into the catheter delivery system.
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24. A method for packing a self-expanding deployable device into a catheter delivery system having a lubricious inner surface, comprising the steps of: a) applying a lubricous material to the lubricious inner surface of the catheter delivery system, said lubricious material being in a liquid state prior to insertion into a vessel and while in said vessel ; b) radially compressing the deployable device; and c) dvancing said deployable device into the catheter delivery system.
25. A catheter deployment device comprising a catheter body having a lubricious inner surface, a radially compressed self- expanding deployable device disposed within said catheter body, and a lubricous material between the lubricious inner surface of the catheter body and an_outer surface of the deployable device, said lubricious material allowing the deployable device to be radially compressed further than without said lubricious material while still allowing for deploymen .
26. The catheter deployment device as claimed in claim 25 wherein the lubricious material is an amino functional silicone oligomer.
27. The catheter deployment device as claimed in claim 25 wherein the deployable device is radially compressed such that the total cross sectional area occupied by the material making up the deployable device is less than 10% smaller than the cross sectional area of a portion of the catheter body in which the deployable body is disposed.
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28. A stent/graft deployment catheter comprising a catheter body having a lubricious inner surface, a plunger, an inner tube, a tip, a stent/graft having an outer surface, and a lubricous material between the lubricious inner surface of the catheter body and the outer surface of the stent/graft, the catheter body, plunger, inner tube, tip, and stent/graft, have distal and proximal ends and are co-axial, the catheter body, the plunger, and the stent/graft are slidingly disposed about the inner tube, the plunger is disposed within the catheter body, the proximal end of the tip is attached to the distal end of the catheter body, the radially compressed stent/graft lies between the distal end of the plunger and the proximal end of the tip, said lubricious material allowing the stent/graft to be radially compressed further than without said lubricious material while still allowing for deployment.
29. The catheter deployment device as claimed in claim 2S wherein the lubricious material is an amino functional silicone oligomer.
30. The catheter deployment device as claimed in claim 29 wherein the stent/graft is radially compressed such that the total cross sectional area occupied by the material making up the stent/graft is less than 10% smaller than the cross sectional area of a portion of the catheter body in which the deployable body is disposed.
31. A method for deploying a radially compressed stent/graft loaded into a stent/graft delivery system, said stent/graft delivery system comprising a catheter having a lubricious inner surface, a plunger disposed within said catheter, and a
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lubricious material between the lubricious inner surface of the catheter and an outer surface of the stent/graft, said lubricious material allowing the stent/graft to be radially compressed further than without said lubricious material while still allowing for deployment, comprising the step of moving the catheter and plunger relative to each other thereby exposing the stent/graft.
32. The method as claimed in claim 31 wherein said stent/graft is radially compressed such that the total cross sectional area occupied by the material making up the deployable device is less than 10% smaller than the cross sectional area of a portion of the catheter body in which the deployable body is disposed.
33. A method for packing a sel -expanding deployable device into a catheter delivery system having a lubricious inner surface, comprising the steps of: a) applying a lubricous material to an outer surface of the deployable device; b) adially compressing the deployable device, said lubricious material allowing the deployable device to be radially compressed further than without said lubricious material while still allowing for deployment; and c) advancing said deployable device into the catheter delivery system.
34. A method for packing a self-expanding deployable device into a catheter delivery system having a lubricious inner surface, comprising the steps of: a) applying a lubricous material to the lubricious inner
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surface of the catheter delivery system; b) adially compressing the deployable device, said lubricious material allowing the deployable device to be radially compressed further than without said lubricious material while still allowing for deployment; and c) dvancing said deployable device into the catheter delivery system.
35. The method as claimed in claim 34 wherein the deployable device is compressed such that the total cross sectional area occupied by the material making up the deployable device is less than 10% smaller than the cross sectional area of a portion of the catheter delivery system in which the deployable device is disposed.
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