Patent ID: 9050182
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An endovascular stent/graft assembly for repairing a section of a blood vessel that has an aneurysm, the blood vessel having first and second relatively healthy sections adjacent and on opposite ends of the aneurysm, the assembly comprising: a stent having opposite first and second axial ends; a graft having first and second axial ends and a flexible wall between the axial ends of the graft, substantially the entirety of the graft being unsupported by any framework; a discrete ring affixed to the graft in proximity to the first axial end of the graft and configured to keep the graft open when in the blood vessel and without encircling the stent; and secure connection means for connecting the stent to the ring and achieving an immediately adjacent or abutting end-to-end axial connection of the first end of the graft with the second axial end of the stent without overlap between the stent and the graft, wherein the stent is connected to the graft via said secure connection means.