Patent ID: 6569190
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61L,A61M,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for treating an aneurysm in a mammalian patient which method comprises:(a) identifying the vascular site of an aneurysm in a mammalian patient wherein said aneurysm comprises an aneursymal sac formed from the vascular wall of a parent artery and further wherein said aneurysmal sac participates in the systemic blood flow of said patient; (b) inhibiting systemic blood flow into said aneurysmal sac by filling at least a portion of said sac with a fluid composition and/or a non-particulate agent or plurality of said agents; and (c) non-endogenously isolating the parent artery proximal and distal to said aneurysm from systemic blood flow by placement of a porous stent adjacent the aneurysmal sac wherein said stent extends in both the proximal and distal directions of the parent artery followed by addition of a sufficient amount of the fluid composition to the aneursymal sac to overfill said sac such that said excess amount of fluid composition encapsulates at least a portion of the porous stent both proximally and distally to the aneurysmal sac.