Patent ID: 8663306

Claim:
A stent graft delivery device comprising; an introducer portion, the introducer portion comprising a distal handle portion to remain outside a patient in use and a proximal portion, wherein the proximal introducer portion comprises a pusher catheter, a guide wire catheter within the pusher catheter, the guide wire catheter being movable with respect to the pusher catheter, a nose cone dilator at a proximal end of the guide wire catheter, the nose cone dilator comprising a plurality of longitudinal grooves on an outside surface thereof; an elongated extension piece comprising an elongate extension sheath and an extension dilator in the extension sheath, the elongated extension piece extending from a proximal end of the nose cone dilator, the elongate extension piece being selectively separable from the introducer portion; and a plurality of auxiliary guide wires extending from the introducer portion through the introducer portion and through the elongate extension piece, the plurality of longitudinal grooves on the nose cone configured to receive the respective plurality of auxiliary guide wires therealong, whereby the stent graft delivery device can be introduced into a patient via a femoral artery and the elongated extension piece can extend out an artery of the thoracic arch whereby to extend the auxiliary guide wires out of such an artery.