Patent ID: 6322587
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for securing a bifurcated graft in a corporeal lumen, the bifurcated graft having a superior end, an ipsilateral inferior end and a contralateral inferior end, the bifurcated graft further having an anchoring system associated with each of the superior end, the ipsilateral inferior end and the contralateral inferior end, said method comprising the steps of:providing a delivery catheter assembly having a distal covering assembly that receives the superior end of the bifurcated graft, an ipsilateral covering assembly that receives the ipsilateral inferior end and a contralateral covering assembly that receives the contralateral inferior end;positioning the delivery catheter assembly and the bifurcated graft at a desired location within a corporeal lumen;withdrawing the distal covering assembly from the superior end of the graft;withdrawing the contralateral covering assembly from the contralateral inferior end of the bifurcated graft;withdrawing the ipsilateral covering assembly from the ipsilateral inferior end of the bifurcated graft; andremoving the delivery catheter from the corporeal lumen, wherein the bifurcated graft remains secured within the corporeal lumen.