Patent ID: 11969369
Assignee: W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES GMBH
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 20:
21. A delivery system for delivering an implantable device into vasculature of a patient, the delivery system comprising:
a delivery device having a shaft;
an expandable implant including a primary sleeve and a secondary sleeve, the expandable implant releasably mounted onto the shaft and constrained toward a radially collapsed configuration by the primary sleeve, the secondary sleeve overlapping with the primary sleeve such that upon release of the primary sleeve the secondary sleeve releasably constrains a portion of the expandable implant at a partially expanded configuration that defines a deployment space exterior to the expandable implant between the expandable implant and the vasculature of the patient, the deployment space being accessible from within the expandable implant; and
a side branch component configured to be extended from within the expandable implant into the deployment space during deployment of the side branch component.