US 11,938,047 B2
Hydration delivery system for stents
Laura E. Christakis, Boston, MA (US); Colby Harris, Weston, MA (US); Gerald Fredrickson, Westford, MA (US); and Ramon Libarnes, Fort Madison, IA (US)
Assigned to BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/081,208.
Application 17/081,208 is a continuation of application No. 15/852,716, filed on Dec. 22, 2017, granted, now 10,835,401.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/440,245, filed on Dec. 29, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0052406 A1, Feb. 25, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/962 (2013.01)
CPC A61F 2/95 (2013.01) [A61F 2/962 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stent delivery system comprising:
an inner member having a distal tip, and a stent holding region proximal of the distal tip,
an outer tubular member slidingly disposed over the inner member;
a liquid-tight sealed chamber located radially between an outer surface of the stent holding region of the inner member and an inner surface of the outer tubular member;
wherein the liquid-tight sealed chamber is defined between a first seal member at a proximalmost extent of the liquid-tight sealed chamber and a second seal member at a distalmost extent of the liquid-tight sealed chamber; and
a stent disposed in the liquid-tight sealed chamber between the first seal member and the second seal member.