Patent ID: 9259340
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M

Claim Text:
1. A method for bypassing an occlusion in a peripheral artery, said method comprising: forming a proximal penetration from the peripheral artery to an adjacent peripheral vein at a location above the occlusion; advancing a penetration guidewire down the peripheral artery, through the proximal penetration, and into the peripheral vein; pulling the penetration guidewire through an external penetration below the occlusion; advancing a penetration catheter downward over the penetration guidewire from the peripheral artery into the peripheral vein; penetrating a penetration tool carried by the penetration catheter from the peripheral vein into the peripheral artery at a location below the occlusion to form a distal penetration; and placing a stent graft placement guidewire from the peripheral artery, through the proximal penetration, down the peripheral vein, and through the distal penetration back into the peripheral artery; deploying a stent graft from a catheter disposed over the stent graft placement guidewire.