Patent ID: 9056002
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A method for accessing a vessel comprising the steps of: percutaneously accessing a vessel through a first opening in a wall of the vessel at a first location; delivering a stent-graft in a radially compressed configuration through the first opening to a second location spaced from the first location, wherein the stent-graft includes at least one stent, graft material coupled to the at least one stent, a first end, a second end, a lumen, and a fenestration through the graft material between the first end and the second end; deploying the stent-graft at the second location such that the stent-graft expands from the radially compressed configuration to a radially expanded configuration; accessing the vessel through a second opening in the vessel wall at the second location, wherein the second opening is generally aligned with the fenestration in the stent-graft such that the lumen of the stent-graft can be accessed through the second opening and the fenestration; advancing a delivery device through the second opening, the fenestration, and the stent-graft lumen to a third location spaced from the first location and the second location; retracting the delivery device through the lumen of the stent-graft and out of the fenestration and the second opening; and rotating or translating the stent-graft such that the fenestration is not aligned with the second opening.