Patent ID: 9545263
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F,A61M

Claim:
1. A method of modifying a vessel including making valves in the vessel incompetent and covering collateral vessels of the vessel, the method comprising: forming a fistula between a first vessel and the vessel, wherein the first vessel is an artery and the vessel is a vein, wherein forming the fistula comprises: deploying a prosthesis at least partially in the fistula, wherein after deploying the implantable prosthesis, blood is diverted from the first vessel to the vessel through the prosthesis; and making valves in the vessel incompetent, wherein making the valves in the vessel incompetent comprises: wherein lining the vessel comprises covering the collateral vessels of the vessel, wherein the stent-graft is separate from the prosthesis, and wherein a proximal segment of the stent-graft longitudinally overlaps a distal segment of the prosthesis.