Patent ID: 8535371
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. A method of positioning a tubular element comprising: providing a tubular element having in a main blood vessel, having a branch vessel, of a patient; providing an assembly having a guide wire and a fixator adapted to be releasably attached to an inner side of the branch vessel, the fixator being attached to the guide wire, which guide wire has a distal end for introduction into the branch vessel and a proximal end, introducing the fixator into the branch vessel, via the main blood vessel, and fixing the fixator to the branch vessel, providing the tubular element inside the main blood vessel so that the first part of the transport wire is engageable from outside the patient, fixing or attaching the second part of the transport wire to the guide wire and pulling the first part of the transport wire to have the guide wire extend from the fixator through the side opening, the inner space, and the end opening, wherein the patient is a person or an animal.