Patent ID: 6214038
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for intraluminal emplacement of a graft in a bifurcated vessel of a patient, the method comprising:providing a graft having a main body, with a first self-expanding device, the graft further having a first leg portion and a second leg portion with a second self-expanding device;inserting the graft intraluminally into a main vessel of a patient, the main vessel having a bifurcation forming a first minor vessel and a second minor vessel;positioning the main body of the graft in the main vessel;releasing the first self-expanding device and the main body of the graft in the main vessel;positioning the second leg portion of the graft in the second minor vessel; andreleasing the second self-expanding device and the second leg portion of the graft in a second minor vessel.