US 2010/0249898 A1Published application

Stent Graft

AssigneeMedtronic Vascular, Inc.

InventorsAdrian Gale, Jenine S. Vinluan, Jia Hua Xiao, Michael Francis, Frank Yang

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Abstract

A stent graft system includes a first stent graft having a first end and a second end opposing the first end. The system further includes a second stent graft in fluid communication with the first stent graft. The second stent graft defines a lumen a third end in fluid communication with the second end. The second stent graft further includes a fourth end opposing the third end, and at least a first sleeve and second sleeve extending radially therefrom and in fluid communication with the lumen, The first sleeve is radially offset from the second sleeve. Each of the first sleeve and second sleeve comprises a flexible material configured to evert between a first position such that the sleeve is positioned within the lumen and a second position such that the sleeve is positioned exterior to the lumen. The system further includes a third stent graft.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A stent graft system comprising:

a first stent graft having a first end and a second end, the second end opposing the first end;
a second stent graft in fluid communication with the first stent graft, the second stent graft defining a lumen, and including a third end in fluid communication with the second end, a fourth end opposing the third end, and at least a first sleeve extending radially therefrom and in fluid communication with the lumen, and a second sleeve extending radially therefrom and in fluid communication with the lumen, and wherein the first sleeve is radially offset from the second sleeve, wherein the each of the first sleeve and second sleeve comprises a flexible material configured to evert between a first position such that the sleeve is positioned within the lumen and a second position such that the sleeve is positioned exterior to the lumen;
and
a third stent graft in fluid communication with the second stent graft, the third stent graft including a fifth end in fluid communication with the fourth end wherein the third stent graft is one of a bifurcated stent graft and an aorto-uni-iliac stent graft.

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Application: 12/409,759Filed 24 Mar 2009
Published: 30 Sep 2010
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

A61F 2/07
Blood vessels: stent-grafts
A61F 2/89
Stents in a form characterised by the wire-like elements; Stents in the form characterised by a net-like or mesh-like structure: the wire-like…
A61F 2/95
Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting…:…
A61F 2002/061
Blood vessels: provided with means for allowing access to secondary lumens