Patent ID: 8858613

Claim:
A method of delivering a stent graft, the method comprising: delivering to an aortic aneurysm a stent graft with a proximal sheath covering a proximal portion of the stent graft and a distal sheath covering a distal portion of the stent graft; positioning the distal portion of the stent graft above the aortic aneurysm; retracting the proximal sheath while simultaneously advancing a proximal portion of the stent graft to deploy the proximal portion of the stent graft, wherein the proximal sheath is retracted and the proximal portion of the stent graft is advanced at rates corresponding to a ratio of a deployed configuration length of the stent graft to a delivery configuration length of the stent graft; advancing the distal sheath relative to the stent graft to deploy the distal portion of the stent graft via a central wire; and retracting the distal sheath through an inner lumen formed by the stent graft.