Patent ID: 8728145
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A stent-graft for use in a medical procedure, the stent-graft comprising: a graft having proximal and distal ends and a lumen extending therebetween; a first stent comprising a plurality of proximal apices, a plurality of distal apices, and a plurality of intermediate portions disposed between the plurality of proximal and distal apices of the first stent, where the plurality of distal apices of the first stent comprise curved distal apices and are each disposed distal to the proximal end of the graft and overlap with the graft, and where the plurality of proximal apices of the first stent are each disposed proximally beyond the proximal end of the graft; and a second stent comprising a plurality of proximal apices, a plurality of distal apices, and a plurality of intermediate portions disposed between the plurality of proximal and distal apices of the second stent, where the plurality of distal apices of the second stent are each disposed distal to the proximal end of the graft and overlap with the graft, and where the plurality of proximal apices of the second stent are each disposed proximally beyond the proximal end of the graft, where the first and second stents are at least partially circumferentially out of phase.