Patent ID: 6197046
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
A device for deploying a graft having a bifurcation, the device comprising:a cover catheter formed from a flexible elongate tubular member having proximal and distal extremities;a cover mounted proximate the distal extremity of the tubular member of said cover catheter, said cover having an open end;a graft having a bifurcation disposed within said cover;a balloon catheter formed from a flexible elongate tubular member having proximal and distal extremities and extending through said graft, through said cover and through the tubular member of said cover catheter;a balloon secured proximate the distal extremity of the tubular member of said balloon catheter;a retention apparatus carried by the tubular member of said balloon catheter, said retention apparatus sized to releasably engaged with said graft; anda handle having first and second parts movable relative to each other, wherein the proximal extremity of the tubular member of said cover catheter is secured to the first part, and wherein the tubular member of said balloon catheter extends through the first part, such that movement of the first part with respect to the second part withdraws said cover from said graft, wherein said retention apparatus retains said graft in a fixed position relative to said balloon catheter.