Patent ID: 8118862

Claim:
A stent graft assembly formed of a first component in an engaged position with a second component to define a fluid conduit through the engaged components, comprising: said first component having a trunk portion defined by a body wall surrounding a central passage which communicates at a first end with a first aperture in said body wall and having a second end, opposite said first end; at least one secondary aperture communicating through said body wall with an axial passage communicating between said secondary aperture and said central passage; said second component having an axial passageway communicating between a first end and a distal end; said first end of said second component engageable with said secondary aperture; said first component having a compressed state and an expanded state; an elongated guide, said guide having an engaged position with said guide communicating through said axial passage and said central passage from a first end extending from said secondary aperture to a second end projecting from said first aperture of said first component in said compressed state; means for a slidable engagement of said second end of said elongated guide in said engaged position, upon a guide wire communicated from said first end through said central passage and exiting said first component at said first aperture, and positioned in a blood vessel of a patent; means for restraint of said first component in said compressed state with said elongated guide in said engaged position; means for translation of said first component in said compressed state, along said guidewire, to an implantation position in a patient; means to guide said second component to a position proximate to said implantation position; means to capture said means to guide said second component in a releasable engagement, said means to capture said means to guide said second component engaged with said elongated guide; said means to capture said means to guide said second component positionable to an inserted position communicating through said secondary aperture and positioned within said axial passage by a translation of said elongated guide along said guide wire; and said means to guide said second component, when in said inserted position, providing a means to guide said first end of said second component to said engaged position, whereby a fluid passage is formed by said central passage communicating through said axial passage with said axial passageway.