Patent ID: 8821567

Claim:
A bifurcated stent graft comprising: a first component having a first end and second end and a central portion therebetween, said first component having a first aperture at said first end, and having an axial passage communicating therethrough; said first component having a first leg extending from said second end, said first leg having an axial cavity therethrough in communication with said axial passage; said first component having a second leg extending from said second end, said second leg extending to a distal end and having an axial passageway therethrough in communication with said axial passage; said first component having a compressed state and an expanded state; means for restraint of said first component in said compressed state; means for engagement of said first component at a distal end of a first catheter, said first catheter adapted for translation within an artery to an intersection with a secondary artery; a second catheter, said second catheter having a distal end translatably positionable relative to said distal end of said first catheter; a snare, said snare deployable from a position adjacent to said distal end of second catheter; said snare being retractable to provide a means to removably connect a third guide wire translated through said secondary artery to said second catheter, into a captured state; a second guide wire axially communicating through said second catheter and extending into said axial passageway of said first component in said compressed state; a translation of said second catheter upon said second guide wire in a direction toward said first end of said first component, providing means to draw said third guidewire in said captured state, into a deployed position within said axial passageway; and said third guidewire in said deployed position exchangeable with a secondary guide component, said secondary guide component providing a means to guide an extension of said second leg through said secondary artery and into an engagement with said distal end of said second leg.