Branch stent graft deployment and method
CA 2518890 C · Owner: Cook Medical Technologies Llc · Inventors: Hartley, David Ernest; Verhoeven, Eric; Lawrence-Brown, Michael
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A deployment system for introducing stent grafts which have a side arm or into which a side arm can be deployed. For instance the stent graft can be deployed into the thoracic arch of a patient. The deployment system including an introducer, an auxiliary catheter disposed within the introducer and an auxiliary guide wire disposed within the auxiliary catheter. The auxiliary guide wire extends to adjacent the proximal end of the introducer and , can be extended from the proximal end of the introducer so that it can be snared from a side branch artery to assist with deployment of a side arm of the stent graft into the side artery or for the deployment of a side arm stent graft into …
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- Filed April 5, 2004 and granted June 5, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 5, 2024.
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