Thoracic deployment device and stent graft
US8043354B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 15, 2005 |
| Grant date | Oct 25, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 12, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2230/0067
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A stent graft introducer for intraluminal deployment of a stent graft (26), the introducer comprising a stent graft release mechanism (6) to allow partial release of the stent graft (26) when carried on the introducer, whereby control of the stent graft can be maintained while allowing access into the lumen of the stent graft from at least one end of the stent graft. The partial release can comprise partial release of one end of the stent graft.
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