Patent ID: 6165213
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: A61F,A61M,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A system for assembling an endoluminal prosthesis within a body lumen and for indicating the rotational orientation of a segment of said endoluminal prosthesis during insertion thereof into the body lumen, said system comprising:prosthesis segments configured for engagement to one another to form said endoluminal prosthesis in the body lumen;radiographic indicia defined on at least one of said prosthesis segments and having different radiopacity from said prosthesis segment, wherein the composite radiographic image of said radiographic indicia varies with the rotational orientation of said prosthesis segment in the body lumen;wherein the rotational orientation of said prosthesis segment in the body lumen is indicated by said radiographic image for optional adjustment of the rotational orientation.