Patent ID: 8449593
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A method for placement of medical devices within a body lumen defined by a vessel wall comprising: disposing a first tubular medical device within the body lumen, the first medical device having a tubular body extending along an axis and a plurality of slits extending through a sidewall thereof to form a plurality of first sidewall segments; initiating radial expansion of the first medical device so that a first end thereof forms an alternating pattern of flared first sidewall segments and slits disposed adjacent the vessel wall; disposing a second tubular medical device coaxially within the first tubular medical device, the second medical device having a tubular body extending along said axis and having a plurality of slits extending through a sidewall thereof to form a plurality of second sidewall segments; and initiating radial expansion of the second medical device so that a first end thereof forms an alternating pattern of flared second sidewall segments and slits, the first and second medical devices coaxially and rotationally aligned so that the flared second sidewall segments of the second medical device at least partially cover the slits of the first tubular medical device.