Stent graft having a flexible, articulable, and axially compressible branch graft
US7678141B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 18, 2006 |
| Grant date | Mar 16, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 7, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2002/075
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A stent graft and method for positioning and deploying the stent graft within a vessel system that includes a main vessel and a branch vessel emanating from the main vessel. The stent graft includes a tubular shaped main body formed from graft material, a branch opening (aperture)(ring) in the graft material of the main body whose position can be varied. A tubular shaped branch graft can extend from the main graft. A side wall of the main body may be configured as a series of connected annular corrugations or pleats, and coupled to the main body to define and provide variable positioning of its branch opening (aperture).
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