Prosthesis systems and methods sized and configured for the receipt and retention of fasteners
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1. A prosthesis for a blood vessel or hollow body organ comprising a trunk including a prosthetic material and a scaffold that supports the prosthetic material to define a lumen within the trunk, the trunk including a main body region and a fastening region configured differently than the main body region for the receipt and retention in the second region of at least one fastener implanted into tissue by an external fastener attachment assembly.
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Systems and methods introduce and deploy prosthesis into a blood vessel or hollow body organ. The prosthesis is secured in place by fasteners, and includes a region or regions specially sized and configured to receive and retain the fasteners.
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- 1. A prosthesis for a blood vessel or hollow body organ comprising a trunk including a prosthetic material and a scaffold that supports the prosthetic material to define a lumen within the trunk, the trunk including a main body region and a fastening region configured differently than the main body region for the receipt and retention in the second region of at least one fastener implanted into tissue by an external fastener attachment assembly.
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22. A prosthesis system for a blood vessel or hollow body organ comprising a first prosthesis comprising a trunk including a prosthetic material and a scaffold that supports the prosthetic material to define a lumen within the trunk, the trunk including a main body region and a fastening region configured differently than the main body region for the receipt and retention in the second region of at least one fastener implanted into tissue by an external fastener attachment assembly, the main body region including a socket region, the prosthesis system further including an auxiliary prosthesis structure coupled to the socket region.
- 23. A method for deploying a prosthesis in a tissue region in a blood vessel or hollow body organ comprising the steps of providing a prosthesis comprising a trunk including a prosthetic material and a scaffold that supports the prosthetic material to define a lumen within the trunk, the trunk including a main body region and a fastening region configured differently than the main body region for the receipt and retention in the second region of at least one fastener implanted into tissue by an external fastener attachment assembly, deploying the prosthesis in the tissue region, and implanting at least one fastener in the fastening region to secure the prosthesis in the tissue region.
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