Patent ID: 7491232
Filing Date: 2009-02-17
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method for repairing a diseased or damaged section of an aorta comprising (i) providing a system comprising (ii) first, introducing the intraluminal directing device separately from intraluminal fastener applier from a remote access site to a location within a prosthesis that has been deployed at a target site in an aorta where the diseased or damaged section exists; (iii) establishing the access path to a desired fastening site on the prosthesis by manipulating the intraluminal directing device within the prosthesis to orient the distal region with respect to the desired fastening site; (iv) and then advancing the intraluminal fastener applier from the remote access site into the intraluminal directing device along the access path to the desired fastening site; (v) anchoring the prosthesis by operating the actuated member to generate an implantation force to implant the tissue-piercing fastener into tissue at the desired fastening site while the means applies a resolving force to resolve within the targeted site within an aorta at least a portion of the implantation force, (vi) and then separating the intraluminal fastener applier from the intraluminal directing device by retrieving the intraluminal fastener applier from the intraluminal directing device along the access path back to the remote access site.