Patent ID: 9597209
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. An endograft for a vessel having a first vascular branch and a second vascular branch extending from the vessel, said endograft comprising: a main body having a wall, the wall defining an internal surface and an exterior surface, where said main body is adapted to be placed within the vessel, the wall defining a single lumen at a proximal end and a distal end, and a main body aperture extending from the interior surface to the exterior surface above the distal end; at least one expandable stent secured to the distal end; an open bifurcated tunnel with a circumference, said tunnel having a length extending between a mouth and a first terminus and a second terminus and sealed to the interior surface of said main body about the main body aperture, said tunnel secured to the internal surface to provide fluid communication between the interior surface and the exterior surface through the main body aperture and with the first vascular branch and the second vascular branch in proximity to the main body aperture and does not extend beyond the dimensions of the main body; a first sleeve positioned partly within said open tunnel and partly within the first vascular branch and beyond the wall; a second sleeve positioned partly within said open tunnel and partly within the second vascular branch and beyond the wall; a first stent secured about the circumference of said main body above said open tunnel; and a second stent secured about the circumference of said main body below said open tunnel.