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

Claim 14:
15. A stent graft device comprising:
an expandable support frame having incorporated therein an anchoring member coupled to an exterior surface of said expandable frame by a plurality of coupling members positioned on the exterior surface of said expandable frame, the anchor member having a first end and a second end and being configured to adopt a shape when the expandable support frame is in an expanded configuration to anchor said stent graft device in a lumen, the shape defining a removal path; and
a covering extending over said expandable support frame,
said anchoring member being removable along said removal path while the expandable frame is in the expanded configuration so that at least one of the first end and the second end traverse the removal path, wherein the anchoring member and the removal path are positioned entirely exterior of the covering and the expandable frame.