Patent ID: 8672992
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A stent-graft for use in a medical procedure, the stent-graft comprising: a substantially tubular graft material; and at least one stent coupled to the graft material and having compressed and deployed configurations, where a proximal end of the stent comprises a plurality of proximal apices at least one conformance strut having a compressed delivery configuration and an expanded deployed configuration, and where, in the compressed delivery configuration, the at least one conformance strut comprises a first end and a second end and a proximally extending loop between the first and second ends that is substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the stent and extends beyond a proximal end of the graft material, where the first end of the conformance strut is coupled to a first proximal apex of the stent and the second end of the conformance strut is coupled to an adjacent, second proximal apex of the stent wherein the first end of the conformance strut converges with the second end such that the respective ends substantially abut each other at a location proximal of the proximal end of the stent, and where, in the deployed configuration, the at least one conformance strut is disposed substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and is aligned inside the proximal end of the graft material.