Patent ID: 11857407
Assignee: W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES GMBH
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  Y | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. A method of using a stent graft device to treat a human, the method comprising:
providing a primary stent graft device comprising a helically arranged membranous strip and a helically arranged support member fixedly attached to the helically arranged membranous strip, wherein the helically arranged membranous strip and the helically arranged support member comprise a plurality of turns, wherein the membranous strip has first and second side regions along opposite lengthwise sides, and wherein first and second side regions that correspond to adjacent turns overlap by a distance, and an elongate axial reinforcement member, wherein the elongate axial reinforcement member is fixedly attached to each of the plurality of turns, the primary stent graft device comprises a supported edge and an unsupported edge at each of the plurality of turns, and each of the unsupported edges is deflectable to define at least one fluid flow channel between the unsupported edge and a supported edge of an adjacent turn;
delivering the primary stent graft device to a treatment site in the human;
implanting the primary stent graft device at the treatment site in the human; and
deploying a secondary stent graft device separately from the primary stent graft device, the secondary device fluidly coupled with the at least one fluid flow channel through or within the at least one fluid flow channel.