Patent ID: 6156063
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A method for intraluminal delivery of a bifurcated vascular graft, having a main graft body which bifurcates at a junction into first and second limbs, within a patient comprising the steps of:a. loading the first limb of the graft into a first tube, the second limb of the graft into a second tube, and the main graft body into a third tube, wherein at least one of said first, second and third tubes is adapted to constrain and surround the bifurcated graft in the area of the junction of the main graft body and the first and second limbs;b. inserting the first, second and third tubes endoluminally within the patient;c. positioning the first, second and third tubes within the patient;d. deploying the first limb by removing the first tube;e. deploying the second limb by removing the second tube; andf. deploying the main graft body by removing the third tube.