Patent ID: 8273115
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A prosthetic device comprising an expandable main body device and a guidewire tube, said expandable main body device having a first open end, a second open end, a wall extending from the first open end to the second open end, a lumen extending from the first open end to the second open end, and at least one side opening in the wall; and a guidewire tube having a first end, a second, closed end, and a lumen, the guidewire tube extending from the at least one side opening in the wall of the expandable main body device through the expandable main body device lumen to a point proximal to the second open end, wherein the guidewire tube is removable from the main body device while the main body device is in a compressed state, wherein at least a portion of the guidewire tube is translucent.