Patent ID: 11857741
Assignee: W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES GMBH
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 18:
19. A pre-cannulated endograft system comprising:
a deployment catheter;
an endograft mounted to the deployment catheter, the endograft having a plurality of fenestrations and/or a plurality of branches;
a plurality of pre-cannulation wires extending through the deployment catheter and through the plurality of fenestrations and/or the plurality of branches of the endograft when the endograft is in a compacted, delivery state, each of the plurality of pre-cannulation wires including a flexible guidewire having a leading end and a lagging end, and including a loop at the leading end; and
an anchor strand extending through the deployment catheter and threaded through at least one of the loops of the plurality of pre-cannulation wires at a point ahead of the endograft for anchoring the one or more pre-cannulation wires to the anchor strand.