Patent ID: 9358099
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A method for treating a medical condition in a main vessel that is in close proximity of a branching of the main vessel to a side branch vessel, including the following steps: placing a side branch vessel stent in the side branch vessel, so that at least a portion of said side branch vessel stent protrudes into the lumen of the main vessel; and deploying a stent graft in the main vessel after placing said side branch vessel stent in said side branch vessel, so that at least part of said portion of the side branch vessel stent that protrudes into the lumen of the main vessel punctures the stent graft, and wherein the side branch vessel stent is transformed from a closed configuration to an opened configuration after the at least part of said portion of the side branch vessel stent punctures the stent graft.