Coupling device and method of use
US5728131A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 12, 1995 |
| Grant date | Mar 17, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 12, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2250/0069
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A coupler is provided for connecting a stent and a vascular graft for repairing aneurysms. An intravascular stent is connected to a vascular graft by a coupler having a high degree of elasticity so that the stent-coupler-graft assembly can be implanted to repair a body passageway, including aortic aneurysms.
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