Patent ID: 9050206
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method, of treating an aneurysm in a vessel of a patient, comprising: expanding, in the vessel, a first stent; expanding, at least partially within the first stent, a second stent; and applying an axially compressive force to a first portion of either the first stent or the second stent, the first portion overlying the aneurysm, whereby the first portion transitions from a first porosity to a second porosity, less than the first porosity, while (i) the first portion maintains a substantially constant cross-sectional dimension and (ii) wherein movement of a second portion of either the first stent or the second stent, distal to the first portion, is impeded by a frictional force applied by either the first stent or the second stent distal to the aneurysm.