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US 10,743,979 B2Granted
Apparatus and methods for repairing aneurysms
AssigneeEndologix, Inc.
InventorMarie Therese Robin
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Abstract
A device (100) for repairing an aneurysm by deployment within the aneurism comprises a graft tube, at least part thereof having an inflatable wall (102, 104) whereby the tube can be deployed in an artery and be inflated to grip at least part of the arterial wall.
Claims19
An apparatus, comprising:
- an inner graft tube that bifurcates at a bifurcation point into a first branch of the inner graft tube and a second branch of the inner graft tube;
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- an outer inflatable balloon attached to the inner graft tube;
- the outer inflatable balloon extending from a first location above the bifurcation point to a second location below the bifurcation point and defining an inflatable space that is inflatable with a settable substance, the inflatable space of the outer inflatable balloon including a continuous volume below the bifurcation point from a bottom of the outer inflatable balloon on the first branch of the inner graft tube to a bottom of the outer inflatable balloon on the second branch of the inner graft tube.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- an inner graft tube that bifurcates at a bifurcation point into a first branch of the inner graft tube and a second branch of the inner graft tube, said inner graft tube having an unexpanded condition allowing deployment in an artery at the location of an aneurysm, said inner graft tube expandable within the artery from the unexpanded condition to an expanded condition;
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- an outer inflatable balloon attached to the inner graft tube;
- the outer inflatable balloon extending from a first location above the bifurcation point to a second location below the bifurcation point and defining an inflatable space that is inflatable with a settable substance, the inflatable space of the outer inflatable balloon including a continuous volume below the bifurcation point from a bottom of the outer inflatable balloon on the first branch of the inner graft tube to a bottom of the outer inflatable balloon on the second branch of the inner graft tube.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- an inner graft tube that bifurcates at a bifurcation point into a first branch of the inner graft tube and a second branch of the inner graft tube;
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- an outer inflatable balloon that is expandable to conform to the contours of an aneurysm sac and that is attached to the inner graft tube;
- the outer inflatable balloon extending from a first location above the bifurcation point to a second location below the bifurcation point and defining an inflatable space that is inflatable with a settable substance, the inflatable space of the outer inflatable balloon including a continuous volume below the bifurcation point from a bottom of the outer inflatable balloon on the first branch of the inner graft tube to a bottom of the outer inflatable balloon on the second branch of the inner graft tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.