Patent ID: 7708771

Claim:
An endovascular graft for treating vasculature, comprising: a graft component including a first leg portion and a second leg portion, the first leg portion being attached along its length to the second leg portion, the graft component having an opening and a plurality of structures extending longitudinally beyond the opening, the opening having an opening circumference; an expandable frame; an attaching structure that attaches the expandable frame to the graft component by engaging at least one of the plurality of structures extending longitudinally beyond the opening; and an anchoring structure that anchors the expandable frame to the lumen wall; wherein the expandable frame is longitudinally separated from the graft component; wherein the attaching structure attaches the expandable frame to the graft component at discrete locations on the graft component so that less than an entirety of a graft circumference is affixed to the attaching structure and wherein the opening of the graft component lacks other structure supporting a totality of the opening circumference; and wherein at least one of the plurality of structures extending beyond the opening is in the form of a tab which is folded over a portion of the attaching structure.