Appeal No. 2002-1403 Page 2
Application No. 09/323,783
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a method of implanting a stent in a body
lumen. A copy of the dependent claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the
appellants' brief. Claims 25 and 29, the independent claims under appeal, read as
follows:
25. A method of implanting a stent in a body lumen, comprising the steps of
(a) providing a stent;
(b) mounting the stent on a balloon of a balloon catheter;
(c) partially inflating the balloon to secure the stent onto the balloon;
(d) advancing the catheter, including the balloon and stent, through the
body: lumen;
(e) positioning the balloon and stent at a desired location in the body
lumen;
(f) expanding the balloon, thereby deploying the stent at the desired
location;
(g) deflating the balloon; and
(h) removing the catheter from the body lumen, whereby the stent remains
deployed at
the desired location in the body lumen.
29. A method of implanting a stent in a body lumen, comprising the steps of:
(a) providing a stent;
(b) mounting the stent on an expandable member of a delivery catheter;
(c) partially expanding the expandable member of the delivery catheter to
secure the stent onto the expandable member;
(d) advancing the catheter, including the expandable member and stent,
through the body lumen;
(e) positioning the expandable member and stent at a desired location in
the body lumen;
(f) expanding the expanding member, thereby deploying the stent at the
desired location;
(g) contracting the expandable member; and
(h) removing the catheter and expandable member from the body lumen,
whereby the stent remains deployed at the desired location in the body lumen.
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