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AssigneeMedtronic Vascular, Inc.
InventorsRonja F. Pfeiffer, Declan P. Costello, Edmond Sheahan
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Methods are disclosed for delivering a prosthesis with a delivery catheter comprising a first segment and a second segment. The delivery catheter further comprises a first connector comprising a first portion connected to a distal end of the first segment, and a second portion connected to a proximal end of the second segment, wherein the second portion is rotatably connected to the first portion. The methods comprise percutaneously delivering the prosthesis into a vasculature of a patient with the delivery catheter. The methods further comprise deflecting the delivery catheter to navigate the delivery catheter through bends in the vasculature as the prosthesis is advanced to a treatment site. The deflecting results in relative rotation between the first and second portions of the first connector about an axis of the first connector, and the deflecting results in bending of the first segment and the second segment.
A method of delivering a prosthesis with a delivery catheter comprising a first segment comprising a distal end and a proximal end, a second segment comprising a distal end and a proximal end, a first connector comprising a first portion connected to the distal end of the first segment and a second portion connected to the proximal end of the second segment, wherein the second portion is rotatably connected to the first portion, the method comprising:
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