Method for intraluminally deploying a bifurcated graft
US6039758A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 22, 1997 |
| Grant date | Mar 21, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 22, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2250/0098
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus and method for repairing a vessel at a bifurcation using a multicapsule catheter having first, second and third capsules for releasably retaining each terminal end of a bifurcated graft. The method for repairing the vessel includes the steps of performing a surgical technique to gain remote access to the vessel, advancing the multicapsule catheter within the vessel and releasing the bifurcated graft within the vessel to thereby repair the vessel.
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