Patent ID: 7169177

Claim:
A bifurcated stent comprising: a body portion, a first branch portion, a second branch portion, a first pivot portion and a second pivot portion; the body portion, the first branch portion, the second branch portion, the first pivot portion and the second pivot portion constructed from a common continuous sheet of stent material, each of the body portion, first branch portion and second branch portion having a first side and a second side opposite the first side and fixedly engaged to the first side to provide each of the body portion, first branch portion and second branch portion with a substantially tubular shape and defining a lumen respectively therethrough, the lumen defined by the body portion being in fluid communication with the lumen defined by the first branch portion and the second branch portion, the first branch portion being pivotally engaged to an end of the body portion by the first pivot portion, the second branch portion being pivotally engaged to an end of the body portion by the second pivot portion; at least one of the first branch portion and the second branch portion comprising at least one aneurysm flap, the at least one aneurysm flap constructed and arranged to be positioned immediately adjacent to a carina of a vessel bifurcation.