Patent ID: 6939369

Claim:
A system for repairing a vessel of a patient, said system comprising: a deployment device comprising a first sleeve having a proximal end, a distal end, and an inner surface defining a first lumen; a second sleeve extending coaxially with the first sleeve and having a proximal end, a distal end, an outer surface and defining a second lumen, the second sleeve disposed in the first lumen to form an annular space between the inner surface of the first sleeve and the outer surface of the second sleeve; and a driving member disposed in the second lumen; a support frame comprising a tubular structure having a length, a distal end, a proximal end, and at least one connector on the distal end, the support frame substantially disposed in the second lumen such that the connector extends beyond the distal ends of the first and second sleeves; and a graft attached to the connector and disposed substantially in the annular space.