US 11,980,557 B2
Stent delivery systems
Brady Scott Logan, Maple Grove, MN (US); Paul Goudreau, Edina, MN (US); Ian Forte, Brooklyn Park, MN (US); Andrew Smith, Brooklyn Center, MN (US); Tyler Hebig, Wayzata, MN (US); Ryan Hendrickson, Albertville, MN (US); Derek Kenneth Larson, Golden Valley, MN (US); Jason T. Anderson, Deephaven, MN (US); and Rowan Olund Hettel, Plymouth, MN (US)
Assigned to BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on May 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/825,040.
Application 17/825,040 is a continuation of application No. 17/062,243, filed on Oct. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,364,136.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/910,786, filed on Oct. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0280319 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/966 (2013.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/9661 (2020.05) [A61B 17/00 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stent delivery system, comprising:
an inner member having a first longitudinal axis;
a deployment sheath axially slidable relative to the inner member;
a handle coupled to the deployment sheath, wherein the handle includes a proximal end region, a distal end region and a medial region extending from the distal end region to the proximal end region;
a rod coupled to the handle, the rod having a distal end region, a proximal end region, and a second longitudinal axis;
a thumbwheel coupled to both the handle and the rod, wherein the thumbwheel is positioned along the medial region of the handle, and wherein actuation of the thumbwheel is configured to rotate the rod along the second longitudinal axis; and
a coupling member configured to couple the rod to the deployment sheath;
wherein the first longitudinal axis is offset from the second longitudinal axis.