Patent ID: 6855154

Claim:
A system useful for treating an aneurysm in a blood vessel of a mammalian patient, the aneurysm having a neck, a wall, and a cavity, comprising: an elongated shaft having a proximal end, a distal end, a longitudinal direction defined between the proximal end and the distal end, and including at least one lumen extending therethrough; a self-expanding frame positioned at the distal end of the shaft, the frame including a plurality of self-expanding sections disposed in the longitudinal direction, each of said self-expanding sections being connected to an adjacent self-expanding section via a separate joint, each of the plurality of self-expanding sections having an unbiased, expanded condition and a biased, collapsed condition, each of the plurality of self-expanding sections being foldable in the longitudinal direction and about the separate joint when in a biased, collapsed condition.