Patent ID: 8535371

Claim:
A method of positioning a tubular element comprising: providing a tubular element having a main tube having an inner space defined between a first and a second end portion along a longitudinal axis of the main tube and at least an end opening at the first end portion from the inner space to surroundings of the main tube, a side opening positioned between the first and second end portions between the inner space and the surroundings, a transport wire having a first part, which extends from the inner space and out of the tubular element through the end opening, and a second part, which extends from the inner space and out of the tubular element through the side opening, in a main blood vessel, having a branch vessel, of a patient; providing an assembly having a guide wire and a fixator adapted to be releasably attached to an inner side of the branch vessel, the fixator being attached to the guide wire, which guide wire has a distal end for introduction into the branch vessel and a proximal end, introducing the fixator into the branch vessel, via the main blood vessel, and fixing the fixator to the branch vessel, providing the tubular element inside the main blood vessel so that the first part of the transport wire is engageable from outside the patient, fixing or attaching the second part of the transport wire to the guide wire and pulling the first part of the transport wire to have the guide wire extend from the fixator through the side opening, the inner space, and the end opening, wherein the patient is a person or an animal.