Fenestrated prosthesis

• US 10,603,196 B2
• Filed: 12/23/2014
• Issued: 03/31/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Endologix
• Original Assignee: Endologix
• Inventors: Mayberry, Kevin, Clair, Daniel, Welk, Craig, Schreck, Stefan G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Holwerda, Kathleen S
• Application Number:
  US14/581,675
• Publication Number:
  US 20150173923A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,925 Days
• Field of Search: 623 111, 623 112, 623 113, 623 135
• 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 2/90 characterised by a net-like or mesh-like structure
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/954 for placing stents or stent-grafts in a bifurcation
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/966 with relative longitudinal movement between outer sleeve and prosthesis, e.g. using a push rod
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/97 the outer sleeve being splittable
• 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 2002/067 modular
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/075 the stent being loosely attached to the graft material, e.g. by stitching
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/9511 the retaining means being filaments or wires
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2250/0039 differing in diameter
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49863 with prestressing of part

Abstract

Some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to endoluminal prostheses having one or more reinforced fenestrations therein. The one or more reinforced fenestrations can have improved sealing capabilities with respect to branch grafts deployed within the fenestrations, improved tear resistance and expandability, and improved pull-out resistance for branch grafts. In some embodiments, the endoluminal prosthesis can have a main graft body defining a flow lumen therethrough, a first opening passing through a wall of the main graft body, and a first support member supported by the main graft body and overlapping an edge of the first opening, the first support member being configured to at least increase the tear resistance of the main graft body adjacent to the first opening. The support member can be stitched or otherwise attached to the main graft adjacent to the fenestration.

Claims

1. An endoluminal prosthesis system comprising:

a delivery catheter having a flexible catheter body and a proximal and a distal end;

an endoluminal prosthesis comprising a main graft body having a lumen axially therethrough and a plurality of fenestrations in a wall portion of the main graft body and without integral branch grafts, the plurality of fenestrations being in communication with the lumen, the plurality of fenestrations being offset from each other along a longitudinal length of the main graft body; and

a plurality of guidewire sheaths, each of the plurality of guidewire sheaths being positioned through at least a portion of the lumen of the main graft body, and through a corresponding fenestration in the wall portion of the main graft body when the endoluminal prosthesis is in a collapsed, pre-delivery state within the catheter body,

a push catheter extending through at least a portion of the delivery catheter, the push catheter comprising a radially enlarged end portion relative to a remaining portion of the push catheter, the end portion configured to slide relative to one of the guidewire sheaths to contact and advance an inner wall of the endoluminal prosthesis adjacent one of the fenestrations toward an ostium of a target branch vessel, wherein the delivery catheter comprises a distal tip comprising a plurality of channels, each of the plurality of channels configured to receive a corresponding guidewire sheath.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of fenestrations are longitudinally aligned.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of fenestrations comprises a first fenestration, a second fenestration, and a third fenestration.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the endoluminal prosthesis further comprises one or more stents supporting the main graft body.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the main graft body comprises an enlarged portion with an enlarged diameter relative to a remaining portion of the main graft body.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the delivery catheter further comprises a plurality of openings in a wall portion of the flexible catheter body.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein each of the plurality of guidewire sheaths is positioned through one of the plurality of openings in the wall portion of the flexible catheter body.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the push catheter is prepositioned within the delivery catheter when the delivery catheter is in a predeployment state.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising a second push catheter extending through at least a portion of the delivery catheter.

10. An endoluminal prosthesis system comprising:

a delivery catheter having a flexible catheter body and a proximal and a distal end;

an endoluminal prosthesis comprising a main graft body having a lumen axially therethrough and a plurality of fenestrations in a wall portion of the main graft body and without integral branch grafts, the plurality of fenestrations being in communication with the lumen, the plurality of fenestrations being offset from each other along a longitudinal length of the main graft body;

a plurality of pre-loaded guidewires, each of the plurality of guidewires being positioned through at least a portion of the lumen of the main graft body, and through a corresponding fenestration in the wall portion of the main graft body when the endoluminal prosthesis is in a collapsed, pre-delivery state within the catheter body; and

a plurality of push catheters, each push catheter configured to be advanced over a corresponding pre-loaded guidewire, an end portion of each push catheter being radially enlarged relative to a remaining portion of each respective push catheter to engage a corresponding one of the fenestrations,

wherein each of the push catheters are located within the lumen of the main body graft in the collapsed, pre-delivery state.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the plurality of fenestrations are longitudinally aligned.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the plurality of fenestrations comprises a first fenestration, a second fenestration, and a third fenestration.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the endoluminal prosthesis further comprises one or more stents supporting the main graft body.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the delivery catheter further comprises a plurality of openings in a wall portion of the flexible catheter body.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein each of the plurality of guidewires is positioned through one of the plurality of openings in the wall portion of the flexible catheter body.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein when fully expanded, the main body graft comprises an enlarged portion with an enlarged diameter relative to a remaining portion of the main graft body.