Patent ID: 9011517
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A stent graft having a delivery configuration prior to introduction into a body vessel, the stent graft comprising a tubular body comprising a wall of a biocompatible graft material and at least one tubular side arm received in the wall, and having a first free end and a second free end, the wall in the vicinity of the side arm comprising a loose fold of the graft material, the side arm being fastened to the loose fold of graft material in the delivery configuration such that the tubular side arm can be angled proximally and distally and from side to side, wherein the tubular side arm comprises an inner end having a perimeter and an outer end having a perimeter and is fastened into the loose fold of graft material by a circumferential fastening element around the tubular side arm between the inner end and the outer end whereby the tubular side arm extends partially inwardly and partially outwardly from the circumferential fastening, within the tubular body of the stent graft and partially outside the tubular body of the stent graft, wherein the perimeters of the first free end and the second free end are free of attachment to the wall of the tubular body such that the tubular side arm can be manipulated intraluminally from a position angled proximally to a position angled distally.