A stent graft system , comprising: a) a stent graft that includes i) a luminal flexible graft component defining a proximal open end and a distal open end, and having an outside surface and an inside surface extending from the proximal end to the distal end, the inside surface defining a lumen having a longitudinal axis, ii) a plurality of stents distributed longitudinally along the luminal flexible graft component, wherein at least a portion each of the plurality of stents include struts that are joined at opposite ends to define distal and proximal apices, and wherein the stents are fixed circumferentially about the luminal flexible graft component; and iii) a plurality of suture loops distributed laterally and longitudinally along the luminal flexible graft component when the luminal flexible graft component is not radially constricted, wherein at least a portion of the suture loops are nested between adjoining struts of a respective stent, thereby causing the stent graft to be in a radially constricted position when the suture loops are substantially aligned along a longitudinal axis of the stent graft; and b) a wire having a proximal end and a distal end , the wire extending through the suture loops, wherein rigidity of the wire substantially aligns the suture loops along the longitudinal axis of the luminal flexible graft component, thereby at least partially radially constricting the stent graft. a) a stent graft that includes i) a luminal flexible graft component defining a proximal open end and a distal open end, and having an outside surface and an inside surface extending from the proximal end to the distal end, the inside surface defining a lumen having a longitudinal axis, ii) a plurality of stents distributed longitudinally along the luminal flexible graft component, wherein at least a portion each of the plurality of stents include struts that are joined at opposite ends to define distal and proximal apices, and wherein the stents are fixed circumferentially about the luminal flexible graft component; and iii) a plurality of suture loops distributed laterally and longitudinally along the luminal flexible graft component when the luminal flexible graft component is not radially constricted, wherein at least a portion of the suture loops are nested between adjoining struts of a respective stent, thereby causing the stent graft to be in a radially constricted position when the suture loops are substantially aligned along a longitudinal axis of the stent graft; and i) a luminal flexible graft component defining a proximal open end and a distal open end, and having an outside surface and an inside surface extending from the proximal end to the distal end, the inside surface defining a lumen having a longitudinal axis, ii) a plurality of stents distributed longitudinally along the luminal flexible graft component, wherein at least a portion each of the plurality of stents include struts that are joined at opposite ends to define distal and proximal apices, and wherein the stents are fixed circumferentially about the luminal flexible graft component; and iii) a plurality of suture loops distributed laterally and longitudinally along the luminal flexible graft component when the luminal flexible graft component is not radially constricted, wherein at least a portion of the suture loops are nested between adjoining struts of a respective stent, thereby causing the stent graft to be in a radially constricted position when the suture loops are substantially aligned along a longitudinal axis of the stent graft; and b) a wire having a proximal end and a distal end , the wire extending through the suture loops, wherein rigidity of the wire substantially aligns the suture loops along the longitudinal axis of the luminal flexible graft component, thereby at least partially radially constricting the stent graft. <EOS>