Patent ID: 11944556
Assignee: W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES GMBH
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 7:
8. A stent graft device comprising:
an expandable frame configured to transition from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration;
a covering extending over said expandable frame; and
an anchoring member having a first end and a second end, the anchoring member coupled to said expandable frame by a plurality of coupling members positioned on the exterior surface of said expandable frame and configured to extend along a length of said expandable frame in both the collapsed configuration to the expanded configuration, the anchoring member being configured to adopt a shape when the expandable frame is in the expanded configuration, the shape defining a removal path,
wherein said shape which said anchoring member is configured to be removed along the removal path while the expandable frame is in the expanded configuration with minimal trauma to any tissue growth over said anchoring member, wherein at least one of the first end and the second end of the anchoring member traverses the removal path and the anchoring member and the removal path are positioned entirely exterior of the covering and the expandable frame.