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Patent US7901449 - Bifurcated endoluminal prosthesis - Google Patents
An introducer for delivering into the vasculature a straight or bifurcated stent or prosthesis; a method for delivering into the vasculature a straight or bifurcated stent or prosthesis; a method of treating and angeological disease using a bifurcated stent; an endoluminal stent having perpendicular...http://www.google.com/patents/US7901449?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7901449 - Bifurcated endoluminal prosthesis
Publication number US7901449 B2
Application number US 11/879,685
Also published as US6051020, US7510570, US7780720, US7942919, US20040073287, US20040098086, US20040098115, US20040106979, US20040167599, US20070265697
Publication number 11879685, 879685, US 7901449 B2, US 7901449B2, US-B2-7901449, US7901449 B2, US7901449B2
Inventors George Goicoechea, Claude Mialhe, John Hudson, Andrew H. Cragg, Michael D. Dake
Patent Citations (280), Non-Patent Citations (31), Referenced by (13), Classifications (40), Legal Events (3)
US 7901449 B2
15. The prosthesis of claim 14, wherein the second graft structure is adapted to be attached intravascularly to the one of the flow lumens of said bifurcated base structure.
FIG. 1 b is a front view of another stent which is adapted to be connected to the bifurcated stent of FIG. 1 a.
FIG. 2( a) is a side view of part of the bifurcated stent of FIG. 1 a opened up to show its construction.
FIG. 10( a) shows an alternative embodiment of introducer 100. As shown in FIG. 10( a), wings 112 and 113 are provided at the distal end of introducer 100. Wing 112 is connected to proximal portion pusher 102, and wing 113 is connected to outer sheath 101. Wings 112 and 113 indicate the rotational orientation of proximal portion pusher 102 and outer sheath 101, respectively. This in turn indicates the orientation of proximal portion 12 within outer sheath 101 and distal portion 16 within proximal portion pusher 102. Wings 112 and 113 in the illustrated embodiment are also provided with holes 112 a and 113 a.
As shown in FIG. 10( b), a rod 128 or other fixation device may be attached to wings 112 and 113 using e.g. bolts through holes 112 a and 113 a secured by wing nuts 129 or other securing means. Rod 128 prevents relative movement of proximal portion pusher 102 and outer sheath 101. Wings may also be provided on distal portion pusher 103 and used to secure distal portion pusher 103 to either proximal portion pusher 102 or outer sheath 101 using a fixation device as described above.
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International Classification A61F2/00, A61M25/12, A61F2/82, A61F2/06, A61F2/90, A61F2/954, A61F2/958, A61F2/07, A61F2/848, A61M29/00
Cooperative Classification Y10T29/49826, Y10S623/903, A61F2002/075, A61F2250/0098, A61F2002/828, A61F2002/061, A61F2/954, A61F2/958, A61F2/82, A61F2240/001, A61F2002/8486, A61F2/07, A61F2/90, A61F2/852, A61F2210/0019, A61F2002/065, A61F2220/0075, A61F2220/0033, A61F2220/0066, A61M25/0662, A61F2230/0067, A61F2220/0008, A61F2220/0016
European Classification A61F2/90, A61F2/82, A61F2/954, A61F2/07, A61F2/958