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

Claim 11:
12. A stent graft device comprising:
an expandable frame;
a covering extending over said expandable frame; and
an 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 when said expandable frame is in an implanted state, said anchoring member being configured to adopt a shape when said expandable frame is in the implanted state, wherein the adopted shape defines a removal path of said anchoring member,
wherein said shape which said anchoring member is adapted for removal from said expandable frame along said removal path when the expandable frame is in an 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.