Apparatus and method for deploying an implantable device within the body
AssigneeTaheri LaDuca LLC
InventorsBrice Arnault De La Menardiere, Frederich A. L. Alavar, Robert C. Laduca, Paul A. Laduca
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Abstract
The present invention provides systems and methods for deploying implantable devices within the body. The delivery and deployment systems include at least one catheter or an assembly of catheters for selectively positioning the lumens of the implant to within target vessels. Various deployment and attachment mechanisms are provided for selectively deploying the implants.
Claims25
A method of implanting a device at a target site within a main vessel and at least one side branch vessel, the device comprising a main lumen and at least one branched lumen extending laterally therefrom, the method comprising:
- advancing the device using a catheter system, wherein each of a proximal end and a distal end of the main lumen and a distal end of the at least one branched lumen is releasably attached to the catheter system;
- selectively advancing the distal end of the main lumen and the distal end of the at least one branched lumen from a distal end of the catheter system, wherein the distal end of the main lumen and the distal end of the at least one branched lumen remains releasably attached to the catheter system;
- selectively tensioning the main lumen, independently of the at least one branched lumen when the at least one branched lumen is within the at least one side branch vessel, to expand the main lumen into a partial deployed position prior to releasing the distal end of the main lumen from the catheter system to allow repositioning of the device;
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- detaching at least one of the main lumen or the at least one branched lumen from the catheter system.
A method of implanting a device at a target site within a main vessel and at least one side branch vessel, the device comprising a main lumen and at least one branched lumen extending laterally therefrom, the method comprising:
- advancing the device using a catheter system, wherein each of a proximal end and a distal end of the main lumen and a distal end of the at least one branched lumen is releasably attached to the catheter system;
- selectively tensioning the main lumen and the at least one branched lumen when the at least one branched lumen is within the at least one side branch vessel to selectively expand the main lumen and the at least one branched lumen into a partial deployed position prior to detaching the main lumen or the at least one branched lumen from the catheter system to allow repositioning of the device;
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- detaching at least one of the main lumen or the at least one branched lumen from the catheter system.
A method of implanting a device at a target site within a main vessel and at least one side branch vessel, the device comprising a main lumen and at least one branched lumen extending laterally therefrom, the method comprising:
- advancing the device using a catheter system, wherein each of a proximal end and a distal end of the main lumen and a distal end of the at least one branched lumen is releasably attached to the catheter system;
- selectively advancing the distal end of the main lumen and the distal end of the at least one branched lumen from a distal end of the catheter system, wherein the distal end of the main lumen and the distal end of the at least one branched lumen remains releasably attached to the catheter system;
- selectively tensioning the main lumen, independently of the at least one branched lumen after at least a portion of the at least one branched lumen is advanced from the distal end of the catheter system, to expand the main lumen into a partial deployed position prior to releasing the distal end of the main lumen from the catheter system to allow repositioning of the device;
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- detaching at least one of the main lumen or the at least one branched lumen from the catheter system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.