Patent ID: 7842078
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A system for supporting a body lumen, the system comprising: a tubular body having a longitudinal axis, and having proximal and distal ends and a lumen extending longitudinally therebetween, and a wall having areas thereof that define a web structure configured for circumferential expansion from a contracted delivery configuration to an expanded deployed configuration; the web structure comprising a plurality of web patterns interconnected with one another at a plurality of connection elements, and that are arranged so that the web patterns are situated side-by-side along the longitudinal length of the tubular body, with each web pattern also extending circumferentially around the wall; at least one of said interconnected web patterns comprising, a catheter configured to accept the tubular body in the contracted delivery configuration, the catheter configured to deliver the tubular body intravascularly and to transition the tubular body from the contracted delivery configuration to the expanded deployed configuration.