Patent ID: 7854758
Filing Date: 2010-12-21
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A delivery system for introducing an aortic arch graft into an aortic arch region via a femoral approach, comprising: a guide member having a distal end and a proximal end, said proximal end carrying a hoisting assembly; an aortic arch graft having a proximal end temporarily connected to said hoisting assembly; said guide member extending axially through an interior of said graft and extending from each end thereof; said hoisting assembly having a structure that includes a distal end accessible at said guide member distal end, a proximal end temporarily connected to said graft, a first medial portion spaced from said hoisting assembly proximal end and detachably carried by said guide member proximal end, a second medial portion spaced from said hoisting assembly first medial portion and extending along a length of said guide member through said graft interior to said hoisting assembly distal end, and said hoisting assembly structure enabling hoisting assembly operation by pulling said hoisting assembly distal end distally away from said guide member proximal end; and said hoisting assembly being arranged on said guide member proximal end so that said pulling of said hoisting assembly distal end distally away from said guide member proximal end effects a hoisting of said graft using said guide member as a hoist element that displaces said graft proximal end toward said guide member proximal end and away from said guide member distal end.