Patent ID: 9549834
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. A method of treating a body vessel, comprising: introducing a deployment device having a prosthesis within a body through a trauma pathway having a first opening of a first vessel portion and a second opening of a second vessel portion, the first and second openings being exposed to the trauma pathway and spaced apart from each other, the device comprising a support frame and an actuation member coupled to the support frame, the actuation member movable relative to the support frame between a first position and a second position, a retaining member coupled to the support frame, the retaining member movable between a closed position and an open position, wherein when in the closed position the retaining member forms a retaining chamber to retain at least an intermediate length of the prosthesis in a radially compressed configuration, wherein the actuation member is in the first position and the retaining member is in the closed position; introducing a first outer end of the prosthesis into the first opening of the first vessel portion of a body vessel; introducing a second outer end of the prosthesis into the second opening of the second vessel portion of the body vessel; and moving the actuation member from the first position to the second position, whereby the retaining member moves to the open position from the closed position to allow the prosthesis to move to a radially expanded configuration, wherein the retaining member is biased towards the closed position.