A stent-graft deployment system (10) includes a stent-graft (15), a
flexible catheter tip (12) attached to a catheter shaft (25), a
retractable primary sheath (20) containing the stent-graft in a first
constrained small diameter configuration around the catheter shaft near
the flexible tip. The stent-graft deployment system further includes a
flexible secondary sheath (14) disposed within the retractable primary
sheath and also containing the stent-graft, wherein when the primary
sheath is removed from around the stent-graft, the flexible secondary
sheath contains the stent-graft in a second constrained small diameter
configuration around the catheter shaft near the flexible tip. The
removal of the secondary sheath releases the stent-graft from a radial
constraint so that stent-graft deployment may proceed.