Fork-type covered stent

• US 10,188,501 B2
• Filed: 06/19/2015
• Issued: 01/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Wang, Yongsheng, Liu, Caiping, Zhang, Deyuan, Guo, Wei
• Primary Examiner(s): Stewart, Alvin
• Application Number:
  US15/320,901
• Publication Number:
  US 20170128189A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,320 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/06 Blood vessels
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/07 Stent-grafts
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/856 Single tubular stent with a side portal passage
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/89 the wire-like elements comprising two or more adjacent rings flexibly connected by separate members
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/915 with bands having a meander structure, adjacent bands being connected to each other
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/061 provided with means for allowing access to secondary lumens
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/065 Y-shaped blood vessels
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/075 the stent being loosely attached to the graft material, e.g. by stitching
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/828 Means for connecting a plurality of stents allowing flexibility of the whole structure
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2230/0054 V-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2250/0037 differing in height or in length

Abstract

A bifurcated stem graft (10) comprises a body (100) and a side branch (200) that forms an acute angle with the body (100). The side branch (200) comprises a covering film (220) and a first bare stent (240) only disposed on the covering film (220). Part of the first bare stent (240) is positioned adjacent a boundary line (230) of the body (100) and the covering film (220) and is located in a vertex angle area (250) of the acute angle. Due to the fact that part of the first bare stem (240) is attached to the vertex angle area (250), after the stem (10) is released, the self-expanded part of the first bare stent (240) enables the vertex angle area (250) of the side branch (200) to be effectively supported, the covering film is not prone to shrinkage, and a leading wire can enter easily. Meanwhile, a special bare stent attached to the vertex angle area (250) does not need to be additionally disposed on the first bare stent (240), and thus the technology for preparing the bare stem is simplified; furthermore, the first bare stent (240) is only disposed on the side branch (200) and does not need to span the connecting part of the body (100) and the side branch (200), and thus the waveform can be shaped easily.

Claims

1. A bifurcated stent graft, comprising:

a body;

a side branch that forms an acute angle with the body, the side branch comprising a covering film and a first bare stent disposed only on the covering film, with a part of the first bare stent positioned adjacent a boundary line of the body and the covering film, and is located in a vertex angle area of the acute angle; and

wherein the first bare stent comprises at least one metal ring that defines different waveforms that include struts and a plurality of proximal vertices and a plurality of distal vertices, each strut having a proximal vertex and a distal vertex at opposite ends thereof, with an axial distance defined for the strut between each connecting proximal vertex and distal vertex, and wherein the axial distances are different along the at least one metal ring, with the strut closest to the acute angle having the shortest axial distance, and the strut furthest from the acute angle having the longest axial distance.

2. The bifurcated stent graft of claim 1, wherein the plurality of distal vertices defines a connection line, and the connection line of the plurality of distal vertices is annular, with at least a part of the plurality of proximal vertices located in the vertex angle area.

3. The bifurcated stent graft of claim 1, wherein the plurality of distal vertices defines a connection line, and the connection line of the plurality of distal vertices is located along the same circumference, with at least a part of the plurality of proximal vertices located in the vertex angle area.

4. The bifurcated stent graft of claim 3, wherein the covering film has a distal end, and wherein the plurality of distal vertices are aligned with the distal end of the covering film.

5. The bifurcated stent graft according to claim 1, wherein the body comprises a second bare stent positioned adjacent the boundary line and having an axial direction, with the second bare stent comprising two end support bars disposed at the opposite sides of the side branch, wherein one end support bar is parallel to the axial direction of the second bare stent, and the other end support bar is not parallel to the axial direction of the second bare stent.

6. A bifurcated stent graft, comprising:

a body;

a side branch that forms an acute angle with the body, the side branch comprising a covering film and a first bare stent disposed only on the covering film, with a part of the first bare stent positioned adjacent a boundary line of the body and the covering film, and is located in a vertex angle area of the acute angle; and

wherein the first bare stent comprises at least one metal ring that defines different waveforms that include struts and a plurality of proximal vertices and a plurality of distal vertices, each strut having a proximal vertex and a distal vertex at opposite ends thereof, with an axial distance defined for the strut between each connecting proximal vertex and distal vertex, and wherein the axial distances are different along the at least one metal ring, with the strut closest to the acute angle having the shortest axial distance;

wherein the body comprises a second bare stent positioned adjacent the boundary line, with the second bare stent comprising two end support bars disposed at the opposite sides of the side branch, and the two end support bars are parallel to each other or symmetrical relative to the side branch.

7. The bifurcated stent graft of claim 6, wherein each end support bar has a tail, and the tails are smoothly rounded.

8. The bifurcated stent graft according to claim 6, wherein the first bare stent is structured as a waveform open loop, and the side branch also comprises a third bare stent disposed on the covering film, with the third bare stent structured as a waveform closed loop and connected with the first bare stent.

9. The bifurcated stent graft according to claim 6, wherein the strut furthest from the acute angle has the longest axial distance.

10. The bifurcated stent graft of claim 6, wherein the plurality of distal vertices defines a connection line, and the connection line of the plurality of distal vertices is annular, with at least a part of the plurality of proximal vertices located in the vertex angle area.

11. The bifurcated stent graft of claim 6, wherein the plurality of distal vertices defines a connection line, and the connection line of the plurality of distal vertices is located along the same circumference, with at least a part of the plurality of proximal vertices located in the vertex angle area.

12. The bifurcated stent graft of claim 11, wherein the covering film has a distal end, and wherein the plurality of distal vertices are aligned with the distal end of the covering film.

13. The bifurcated stent graft according to claim 6, wherein the body comprises a second bare stent positioned adjacent the boundary line and having an axial direction, with the second bare stent comprising two end support bars disposed at the opposite sides of the side branch, wherein one end support bar is parallel to the axial direction of the second bare stent, and the other end support bar is not parallel to the axial direction of the second bare stent.

14. A bifurcated stent graft, comprising:

a body;

a side branch that forms an acute angle with the body, the side branch comprising a covering film and a first bare stent disposed only on the covering film, with a part of the first bare stent positioned adjacent a boundary line of the body and the covering film, and is located in a vertex angle area of the acute angle; and

wherein the first bare stent comprises at least one metal ring that defines different waveforms that include struts and a plurality of proximal vertices and a plurality of distal vertices, each strut having a proximal vertex and a distal vertex at opposite ends thereof, with an axial distance defined for the strut between each connecting proximal vertex and distal vertex, and wherein the axial distances are different along the at least one metal ring, with the strut closest to the acute angle having the shortest axial distance;

wherein the body comprises a second bare stent positioned adjacent the boundary line and having an axial direction, with the second bare stent comprising two end support bars disposed at the opposite sides of the side branch, and the two end support bars are not parallel to the axial direction of the second bare stent.

15. The bifurcated stent graft of claim 14, wherein the plurality of distal vertices defines a connection line, and the connection line of the plurality of distal vertices is annular, with at least a part of the plurality of proximal vertices located in the vertex angle area.

16. The bifurcated stent graft of claim 14, wherein the plurality of distal vertices defines a connection line, and the connection line of the plurality of distal vertices is located along the same circumference, with at least a part of the plurality of proximal vertices located in the vertex angle area.

17. The bifurcated stent graft of claim 16, wherein the covering film has a distal end, and wherein the plurality of distal vertices are aligned with the distal end of the covering film.

18. The bifurcated stent graft according to claim 14, wherein the body comprises a second bare stent positioned adjacent the boundary line and having an axial direction, with the second bare stent comprising two end support bars disposed at the opposite sides of the side branch, wherein one end support bar is parallel to the axial direction of the second bare stent, and the other end support bar is not parallel to the axial direction of the second bare stent.

19. The bifurcated stent graft according to claim 14, wherein the strut furthest from the acute angle has the longest axial distance.