Patent ID: 6302906
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: A61F,A61M,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A system for delivering a prosthesis into the vasculature of a body in juxtaposition with an angeological bifurcation where a blood vessel branches into two branched vessels, said system comprising:(a) a bifurcated endoluminal prosthesis having a proximal portion configured to be disposed in the blood vessel and two distal portions, at least one of said distal portions being configured to remain in the blood vessel without extending across the angeological bifurcation;(b) an outer sheath configured to contain said bifurcated endoluminal prosthesis; and(c) a pusher slideably disposed at least partially within said outer sheath and configured to contact an end portion of said bifurcated endoluminal prosthesis in pushing relation therewith.