Method of using an endovascular stent-graft with an extra vascular extension
OwnerSimon B. Rayhanabadinventor
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Abstract
An endovascular stent-graft with an extravascular extension is presented including: a stent-graft having an aperture and a vascular graft having an and attached to the aperture and a free end. Methods of using the endovascular stent-graft with an extravascular extension include providing the endovascular stent-graft with an extravascular extension to a target vessel of the patient and using free end to either provide access for a circulatory medical procedure or attaching the free end to another point in the circulatory system to perform a bypass operation or to provide a graft for providing hemodialysis. The methods may be performed noninvasively through incisions in the back of the patient.
Claims15
A method of using a stent-graft with branching graft to perform a medical procedure, where the stent-graft with branching graft includes a stent-graft having a first end, a second end, and an aperature through the stent-graft between the first end and the second end, and a vascular graft having a first end and a second end, where the first end of the vascular graft is attached to the aperture of the stent-graft and where the second end of the vascular graft extending away from the aperature of the stent-graft, and where a lumen of the stent-graft with branching graft includes a lumen of the sent-graft and a lumen of the vascular graft the method comprising:
- incising the skin of the patient's back to form an incision;
- puncturing the target vessel of the patient with a needle to form an opening in the target vessel;
- providing the stent-graft through the incision, through the opening in the target vessel, and into the lumen of the target vessel, and
- expanding the stent-graft such that the stent-graft contacts an inner surface of the target vessel,
- such that the stent-graft is within the target vessel,
- such that the vascular graft extends out of the target vessel through the opening to provide access to the interior of the target vessel through the patient's back.
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