Apparatus and methods for stent delivery provide for dilatation at a
treatment site as well as stent delivery, using the same stent delivery
apparatus. Apparatus generally include a catheter having at least one
expandable member, at least one stent positionable thereon, and a sheath
disposed over the expandable member and the stent. Some embodiments
include separate expandable members for dilatation of a lesion and for
stent expansion, while other embodiments use the same expandable member
for both. In some embodiments a stent includes multiple separable stent
segments. In various embodiments, self-expanding stents may be used.
Methods involve positioning a stent delivery device at a treatment site,
expanding an expandable member to dilate at least a portion of a lesion
at the treatment site, and expanding (or allowing to expand) a stent at
the treatment site.