Patent ID: 6610085
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M,Y10S

Abstract:
A minimally invasive method for repairing a diseased portion of a first corporeal lumen of a patient's vasculature which includes a second corporeal lumen, comprising the steps of:intraluminally inserting a repair device in the second corporeal lumen at a location remote from the diseased portion of the first corporeal lumen; and using a catheter having a radially expandable inflatable portion to advance said repair device from the second corporeal lumen to the first corporeal lumen, said radially expandable inflatable portion engaging and expanding said repair device to implant said repair device in the first corporeal lumen in order to thereby repair the diseased portion of the corporeal lumen, said repair device being disassociated from said catheter and said radially expandable inflatable portion after implantation of said repair device.