Title:
STENT-GRAFT ASSEMBLY FORMED INSITU
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2005039445
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A stent-graft system includes a graft member (30) and separate coupling stent (50) that are adapted to be delivered separately to a location within a patient's body where they are coupled to form a stent-graft composite in-situ. The system thus allows for serial introduction of the graft member (30) and coupling stent through an introducer sheath (10) providing access to the location, instead of being delivered as the composite assembly together, thus allowing substantially reduced size of the introducer sheath (10). Particular embodiments provide highly beneficial improvements for treating AAA's, allowing for Seldinger puncture access techniques versus the conventional highly invasive "cut down" access procedures required by conventional pre-formed AAA stent-graft composite systems.
Inventors:
PEACOCK JAMES C III (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2004/035534
Publication Date:
July 21, 2005
Filing Date:
October 25, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
PEACOCK JAMES C III (US)
International Classes:
A61F2/06; A61F; (IPC1-7): A61F2/06
Foreign References:
| US6273909B1 | 2001-08-14 | |||
| US5984955A | 1999-11-16 | |||
| US20030130720A1 | 2003-07-10 | |||
| US20030199967A1 | 2003-10-23 | |||
| US6165210A | 2000-12-26 |
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