Patent ID: 6221091
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
A method of altering flow through a vessel or body organ, the method comprising:providing apparatus comprising a sheet having an interior surface, and a plurality of flaps disposed from the interior surface;providing a delivery device comprising a sheath with a lumen, a shaft with an exterior surface, and an inflatable balloon disposed around the exterior surface of the shaft, the shaft and inflatable balloon disposed within the lumen;rolling the sheet to form a tubular member in a delivery state of reduced diameter suitable for transluminal delivery, the interior surface defining a lumen of the tubular member, the flaps lying substantially parallel to the lumen;placing the tubular member in the delivery state within the lumen and around an exterior surface of the balloon;positioning the delivery device in the vessel or organ percutaneously and transluminally; andexpanding the apparatus, the tubular member assuming a deployed state of expanded diameter wherein the tubular member sealingly engages an interior wall of the vessel or organ, the flaps projecting radially inward into the lumen to alter flow through the vessel or organ.