Bifurcated stent and delivery system
US7758634B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
- Gregory G. Brucker
- Enrique Malaret
- Todd Hall
- David Byrd
- Gerald Hubbs
- Gregory R. Furnish
- Josh Barber
- Indaka Gunasekara
- Benjamin E. Morris
- Valerie Futral
- Sava A. Chernomordik
- William C. Mers Kelly
- William A. Reuss, Jr.
- Simon Furnish
- Michael A. Wilson
- Hacene Bouadi
- John C. Muskivitch
- Matthew L. Pease
- David A. Rahdert
- Travis Rowe
- Gregory M. Ruhf
- Brandon G. Walsh
- Thomas Banks
- Russ Redmond
- Claude Vidal
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 21, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jul 20, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 8, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2250/006
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A bifurcated stent includes a first stent section and a second stent section. The first stent section is balloon expandable, has an unexpanded configuration, an expanded configuration, and a tubular wall defining a secondary opening. The secondary stent section is self-expanding and an end of the secondary stent section is engaged to a portion of the tubular wall of the primary stent section defining the secondary opening. The secondary stent section has an unexpanded configuration with a first length and an expanded configuration with a second length where the first length is less than the second length. The secondary stent section is expanded to the expanded configuration after the primary stent section is expanded to the expanded configuration. The secondary stent section forms a portion of the tubular wall of the primary stent section in the unexpanded configuration.
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