Patent ID: 7232459

Claim:
A thoracic stent graft having a tubular bio-compatible graft material body with a lumen therethrough and having a proximal end and a distal end, the stent graft comprising an internal proximal sealing stent at the proximal end thereof and a proximal anchoring device affixed to the sealing stent, the anchoring device extending from the sealing stent and through the graft material body towards the distal end of the, the anchoring device comprising a plurality of barbs extending distally, one or more intermediate stents positioned on the outside surface of the tubular body between the proximal sealing stent and the distal end on the outside of the tubular body, the intermediate stents being spaced apart by from five to ten millimeters to allow for bending of the stent graft and an internal distal sealing stent.