Thoracic introducer

US7611529B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Cook Regentec LLC · US
• William Cook Europe ApS · DK
• William A. Cook Australia Pty. Ltd. · AU

Inventors

• Roy K. Greenberg · Bratenahl, US
• David Ernest Hartley · Mandurah, AU
• Erik E. Rasmussen · Slagelse, DK

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 30, 2003
• Grant date: Nov 3, 2009
• Expiry date: Sep 26, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2002/8483
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A stent graft deployment apparatus (10) which has a deployment catheter (11) with a proximal end (5) to be introduced into a patient and a distal end (3) to remain outside a patient and at a proximal end thereof a region to contain a stent graft (21). A sheath (25) extends over and covers the stent graft and can be moved to expose the stent graft to enable deployment of the stent graft. A nose cone dilator (17) is positioned at the proximal end of the deployment catheter and can be curved. A capsule (40) provides a distal retention arrangement for the stent graft.