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US 2014/0350656 A1Published application
System and method of pivoted stent deployment
AssigneeTriVascular, Inc.
InventorsIsaac J. ZACHARIAS, Diego ARISTIZABAL, Michael MOHN, Michael V. CHOBOTOV
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Abstract
The invention provides a stent-graft system comprising a graft member and a stent having a connection end interconnected with the graft member and a free end opposed thereto. A belt retaining structure is provided at the stent free end. A belt is releasably retained in the belt retaining structure and is configured to constrain the stent free end independent of the stent connection end. A method of securing at least one end of a stent-graft within a vessel is also provided.
Claims7
A method of securing at least one end of a stent-graft within a vessel, comprising:
- positioning within the vessel a stent-graft in a contracted state comprising a stent and a graft with a connection end of the stent connected to an end of the graft, the stent having a free end opposite the connection end, the stent free end including a belt retaining structure comprising a through hole with a belt releasably engaged with the through hole retaining the stent free end in a contracted state;
- releasing the stent connection end within the vessel so as to allow the stent connection end to expand while the stent free end remains in a generally contracted condition;
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- releasing the belt from the through hole allowing the free end of the stent to expand.
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