Patent ID: 6245100
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A method of making a stent-graft for insertion into target site within a vessel of a patient, said graft having a crimped state for delivery to said target site, and an expanded state for implantation therein, said method comprising the steps of:a) providing a self-expanding tubular elastic outer stent having a crimped and expanded state, and expanding said outer stent to its expanded state;b) providing a tubular flexible porous graft member and inserting said graft member along an interior of said outer stent; andc) providing a self-expanding tubular elastic inner stent and crimping said outer stent to a diameter smaller than a diameter of said expanded outer stent, inserting said inner stent within an interior of said graft member, and expanding said inner stent such that said inner stent, said graft member and said outer stent are all abutting.