Delivery catheters and systems are adapted for delivering multiple
discreet prostheses in body lumens. An exemplary delivery catheter
comprises a sheath, a pusher for moving the prostheses relative to the
sheath, and a valve member for selectively retaining the prostheses in
the sheath. For balloon expandable stents, an elongated shaft and an
expandable member are slidably disposed in the sheath, and the prostheses
are positionable on the expandable member for deployment in the body
lumen. The valve member allows a selected number of prostheses to be
deployed from the sheath while retaining other prostheses within the
sheath.