A method for installing a stent in a vessel utilizes a single balloon catheter for both low pressure predilation at a relatively small diameter to open the lesion sufficiently to allow insertion and deployment of the stent across the lesion and for subsequent high pressure embedding of the stent in the...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US20010008976?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20010008976 - Stent installation method using balloon catheter having stepped compliance curve
