Thoracic deployment device and stent graft

US8758425B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• The Cleveland Clinic Foundation · US
• COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC · US

Inventors

• Roy K. Greenberg · Bratenahl, US
• David Ernest Hartley · Mandurah, AU
• Michael Lawrence-Brown · Perth, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 22, 2011
• Grant date: Jun 24, 2014
• Expiry date: Oct 13, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2230/0067
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

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.