Patent ID: 6645237
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A releasable and implantable coiled endoluminal prosthesis comprising:an elongate, self-expanding coiled stent body extending generally helically about a longitudinal axis and having a main body portion and first and second end portions; a graft material with a hollow graft material interior which encases at least the main body portion to create a releasable and implantable coiled stent graft; said coiled stent graft movable between a reduced diameter state and a relaxed, expanded diameter state; said coiled stent graft having an interior and an exterior, in which adjacent turns thereof define a generally helical gap, extending from the exterior and opening into the interior, therebetween when in the expanded diameter state; and the main body portion comprising a coiled ribbon of material with its width being much greater than its thickness.