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Branch stent graft deployment and method

US8361134B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9Claims

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Assignees

COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC · US
William A. Cook Australia Pty. Ltd. · AU

Inventors

David Ernest Hartley · Mandurah, AU
Michael Lawrence-Brown · Perth, AU
Wolf Stelter · Bad Soden, DE
Krasnodar Ivancev · Lund, SE
Eric L. G. Verhoeven · Groningen, NL

Key dates

Filing date	May 22, 2009
Grant date	Jan 29, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 25, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2250/006
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A deployment system for introducing stent grafts which have a side arm or into which a side arm can be deployed. For instance the stent graft can be deployed into the thoracic arch of a patient. The deployment system including an introducer (1), an auxiliary catheter (13) disposed within the introducer and an auxiliary guide wire (14) disposed within the auxiliary catheter. The auxiliary guide wire extends to adjacent the proximal end (6) of the introducer an can be extended from the proximal end of the introducer so that it can be snared from a side branch artery (56) to assist with deployment of a side arm (23) of the stent graft into the side artery or for the deployment of a side arm stent graft into the stent graft.

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