Introducer for deploying a stent graft in a curved lumen
US8480725B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 30, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jul 9, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 3, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2002/9511
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An introducer (10) includes release wires (42′) that constrain at least one stent (4′) while the remainder of a stent graft (18) is expanded during deployment. By allowing the constrained stent (4′) to expand after an adjacent stent (4), the constrained stent (4′) overlaps with the interior of the adjacent stent (4) where the stent graft (18) is deployed within a curved body lumen (70).
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