# US 2014/0155984 A1 · Devices and methods for treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm

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- Number: US 2014/0155984 A1
- Document ID: US20140155984A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/173,642
- Filed: 2014-02-05
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2003-03-26
- Assignees: The Foundry, LLC
- Applicants: The Foundry, LLC
- Inventors: Mark Deem; Hanson S. Gifford, III; Bernard Andreas; Sunmi Chew; Ron French; Doug Sutton
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140155984A1

## CPC

- A61F 2/856: Single tubular stent with a side portal passage
- A61F 2/07: Stent-grafts
- A61F 2/89: the wire-like elements comprising two or more adjacent rings flexibly connected by separate members
- A61F 2002/061: {provided with means for allowing access to secondary lumens}
- A61F 2002/065: {Y-shaped blood vessels}
- A61F 2002/067: {modular}
- A61F 2002/075: {the stent being loosely attached to the graft material, e.g. by stitching}
- A61F 2002/077: {having means to fill the space between stent-graft and aneurysm wall, e.g. a sleeve}
- A61F 2210/0057: stretchable
- A61F 2220/0008: Fixation appliances for connecting prostheses to the body
- A61F 2220/005: using adhesives
- A61F 2220/0058: soldered or brazed or welded
- A61F 2230/0034: D-shaped
- A61F 2230/0054: V-shaped
- A61F 2230/006: Y-shaped
- A61F 2230/0069: cylindrical
- A61F 2250/0003: having an inflatable pocket filled with fluid, e.g. liquid or gas
- A61F 2250/0048: differing in mechanical expandability, e.g. in mechanical, self- or balloon expandability
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)

## Abstract

Devices and methods for treating aneurysms, such as abdominal aortic aneurysms (“AAA”) generally include one or more stent-graft devices. Some embodiments include self-expanding and/or balloon-expandable stent components and one or more graft components coupled with the stent components. Using various combinations of self-expanding stent members, balloon-expandable stent members, graft members, and/or anchoring members enhances the anchoring abilities of a stent-graft device to prevent leakage around it, and may further allow the device to be adjusted after placement at a site for treatment. Some embodiments further include a skirt graft member for further prevention of leakage and/or device slippage.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A stent-graft device for treating an aneurysm, said device comprising:
at least one stent member; and
at least one tubular graft member coupled with the at least one stent member, the at least one tubular graft member having a proximal end and a distal end.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The stent-graft device of claim 1, wherein the at least one stent member comprises:
at least one self-expanding stent member; and
at least one balloon-expandable stent member coupled with the at least one self-expanding stent member.