Patent ID: 8945200
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A method for repairing an aneurysm, comprising: advancing a first guidewire through a first femoral artery, part an internal iliac artery adjacent the first femoral artery, and into a descending aorta; advancing a second guidewire through one of the first femoral artery, across an aortic bifurcation and toward the second femoral artery; inserting the first and second guidewires through a main body through lumen and a side branch lumen, respectively, of a bifurcated first device external to the patient; advancing the bifurcated first device along the first and second guidewires towards a common iliac bifurcation proximal to the first femoral artery; expanding at least a portion of the bifurcated first device to allow access through the side branch lumen; advancing a side branch delivery sheath along the second guidewire toward the common iliac bifurcation; advancing a third guidewire through the side branch delivery sheath and into the internal iliac artery; advancing a compacted, expandable second device having a single main body through lumen along the third guidewire into the internal iliac artery; deploying the second device in both the side branch lumen of the first device and the internal iliac artery; expanding a remaining portion of the bifurcated first device; withdrawing the side branch delivery sheath from the patient; and partially retracting the third guidewire along the second femoral artery and then advancing the third guidewire past the aortic bifurcation and into the aorta.