Patent ID: 8062351
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: A61F,A61L,D04C

Abstract:
1. A method of using a stent-graft comprising: providing a stent-graft assembly, said stent-graft assembly formed by the method comprising the steps of: disposing a tubular body comprising bioabsorbable material on a mandrel; disposing a compliant and substantially non-absorbable graft layer on the mandrel such that one of the tubular body and the graft layer surrounds the other over at least a coextensive portion; and with the tubular body and the graft layer so disposed, adhering the graft layer to the tubular body with a bioabsorbable adhesive to form a stent-graft in which the tubular body is radially expandable and contractible and the graft layer tends to conform to the tubular body as the tubular body radially expands and contracts; deploying the stent-graft assembly into a body lumen at a treatment site; and allowing the stent-graft assembly to self-expand or expanding the stent-graft assembly in the body lumen.