Patent ID: 7955378
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. An endoluminal device for deployment in a body lumen, the device comprising: a radially expandable stent; a graft attached to said stent, wherein said graft has a radial interior exposed to an internal pressure and a radial exterior space exposed to an external pressure; and at least one indicator member affixed to said graft and adapted to form a first pattern within a single opening in the stent having a first degree of predetermined curvature in response to a first predetermined pressure differential between the internal pressure and the external pressure with the stent in an expanded configuration and a second pattern different from the first pattern within the single opening in the stent having a second degree of curvature in response to a second pressure differential between the internal pressure and the external pressure with the stent in an expanded configuration.