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Stent-graft deployment apparatus and method

  • US 20020045930A1
  • Filed: 12/04/2001
  • Published: 04/18/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/1995
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a stent having a folded configuration, an unfolded configuration, and an upstream end portion and a downstream end portion, said upstream and downstream end portions being arranged relative to fluid flow when implanted at a desired site; and

    a line releaseably coupled to said stent to hold said stent in its folded configuration, said line being arranged to be released so that said stent may progressively expand in a direction from said downstream end portion to said upstream end portion to return to said unfolded configuration.

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