Method and apparatus for deployment of an endoluminal device
First Claim
1. A method for deployment of an endoluminal device in a distal location in a body lumen from a proximal location, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) inserting an introducer into the body lumen, the introducer comprising a retrograde portion;
an anterograde portion;
a shaft having a distal tip;
an inner sheath mounted concentrically over the shaft with the endoluminal device mounted concentrically over the inner sheath; and
an anterograde sheath proximally attached to the shaft distal tip, mounted over the endoluminal device in the anterograde portion of the introducer, and axially moveable relative to the inner sheath;
(b) aligning the introducer in a deployment location;
(c) extending the shaft to distally advance the anterograde sheath to deploy at least a proximal portion of the endoluminal device; and
(d) removing the introducer from the body lumen.
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Abstract
An introducer deploys an endoluminal device in a distal location from a proximal location. The introducer comprises a retrograde portion, an anterograde portion axially moveable relative to the retrograde portion, a shaft having a distal tip and an anterograde sheath attached to the distal tip, and anchoring means in at least one of the retrograde portion or the anterograde portion for anchoring the device during deployment from its proximal end to its distal end. An inner sheath may be mounted concentrically over the shaft with the endoluminal device mounted concentrically over the inner sheath. The anchoring device may comprise an inflatable balloon mounted radially inside the retrograde portion, a tether, or an extended portion of the endoluminal device confined by a notch in the interface of two sheaths in the retrograde portion of the introducer, or may comprise a holder in the anterograde portion.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for deployment of an endoluminal device in a distal location in a body lumen from a proximal location, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) inserting an introducer into the body lumen, the introducer comprising a retrograde portion;
an anterograde portion;
a shaft having a distal tip;
an inner sheath mounted concentrically over the shaft with the endoluminal device mounted concentrically over the inner sheath; and
an anterograde sheath proximally attached to the shaft distal tip, mounted over the endoluminal device in the anterograde portion of the introducer, and axially moveable relative to the inner sheath;
(b) aligning the introducer in a deployment location;
(c) extending the shaft to distally advance the anterograde sheath to deploy at least a proximal portion of the endoluminal device; and
(d) removing the introducer from the body lumen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for deployment of an endoluminal device in a distal location in a body lumen from a proximal location, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) inserting an introducer into the body lumen having a lumen wall, the introducer comprising a retrograde portion, an anterograde portion comprising a distal tip and an anterograde sheath attached proximally to the distal tip, a shaft attached to the distal tip and extending concentrically through a central lumen defined by the anterograde portion and retrograde portion, an endoluminal device mounted concentrically over the shaft in the central lumen and having a distal end contained by the anterograde portion and a proximal end contained by the retrograde portion, an inflatable balloon mounted inside the retrograde portion for anchoring the endoluminal device during deployment of the device, and a proximally retractable retrograde sheath extending distally over the balloon and the proximal end of the endoluminal device;
(b) aligning the proximal end of the endoluminal device in a deployment location;
(c) retracting the retrograde sheath to allow a proximal portion of the endoluminal device including the proximal end to deploy;
(d) inflating the balloon to compress the proximal portion of the endoluminal device against the lumen wall; and
(e) extending the shaft to distally advance the anterograde sheath to deploy a remaining portion of the endoluminal device.
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