Patent ID: 8092519
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for repairing a diseased or damaged section of an aorta comprising: (i) providing a system comprising (ii) first, introducing the intraluminal directing device separately from the intraluminal fastener applier from a remote access site to a location within a prosthesis at a target site in an aorta where the diseased or damaged section exists, thereby establishing the access path; (iii) and then anchoring the prosthesis at a desired fastening site on the prosthesis by advancing an intraluminal fastener applier from the remote access site into the intraluminal directing device along the access path, the intraluminal fastener carrying a single tissue-piercing fastener; by manipulating the intraluminal directing device within the prosthesis to orient the distal region with respect to the desired fastening site; and by operating the actuated member to generate the implantation force to implant the tissue-piercing fastener into tissue at the desired fastening site; (iv) and then separating the intraluminal fastener applier from the intraluminal directing device by retrieving the intraluminal fastener applier from the intraluminal directing device along the access path back to the remote access site; (v) and then anchoring the prosthesis at a different desired fastening site on the prosthesis by advancing an intraluminal fastener applier from the remote access site into the intraluminal directing device along the access path, the intraluminal fastener carrying a single tissue-piercing fastener; by manipulating the intraluminal directing device within the prosthesis to orient the distal region with respect to the different desired fastening site; and by operating the actuated member to generate the implantation force to implant the tissue-piercing fastener into tissue at the different desired fastening site; (vi) after (v), separating the intraluminal fastener applier from the intraluminal directing device by retrieving the intraluminal fastener applier from the intraluminal directing device along the access path back to the remote access site; and (vii) repeating (v) and (vi) until a desired plurality of tissue-piercing fasteners are introduced into tissue to anchor the prosthesis, whereby the intraluminal directing device, between applications of the tissue-piercing fasteners, is manipulated into orientation with different desired fastening sites, until a plurality of tissue-penetrating fasteners are applied, one-at-a-time, in the prosthesis.