Patent ID: 9717585
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. An endovascular apparatus comprising: a tubular sleeve having a central lumen with a cranial end portion longitudinally separated from a caudal end portion, the cranial end portion including a cranial end opening and the caudal end portion including at least one caudal end opening; a first expandable attachment device having a first expandable attachment device circumference extending circumferentially around the cranial end portion of the tubular sleeve; a second expandable attachment device having a second expandable attachment device circumference; and at least one support column having cranial and caudal column ends separated by a column body, the caudal column end being attached to the first expandable attachment device and the cranial column end being attached to the second expandable attachment device, the column body extending longitudinally between the first and second expandable attachment devices to longitudinally space the second expandable attachment device entirely cranially apart from the first expandable attachment device; wherein at least one support column contains an adhesive in an interior cavity of the column body, the support column including at least one aperture for selective release of the adhesive from the interior cavity.