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

Claim 0:
1. A pre-cannulated endograft system comprising:
an endograft comprising a plurality of fenestrations or branches;
a strand of material extending through a main body stent of the endograft, the strand of material having a thickness; and
a plurality of pre-cannulation wires each comprising a looped wire comprising a flexible guidewire having a leading end and a lagging end, and a first loop located proximate to the leading end of the guidewire;
wherein the first loops have an inner diameter that is larger than the thickness of the strand of material for threading the strand of material through the first loops and for sliding engagement of the first loops with the strand of material;
wherein the strand of material is threaded through each of the first loops of the plurality of pre-cannulation wires in sliding engagement at a point ahead of the endograft, for anchoring the plurality of pre-cannulation wires to the strand of material, and
wherein the plurality of pre-cannulation wires each extends through the main body of the graft and out through a respective one of the fenestrations or branches of the endograft.