Endovascular graft with sensors design and attachment methods
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Abstract
A endovascular graft having sensing devices attached thereto to facilitate measurement of pertinent parameters within the vasculature into which the graft is implanted. Power sources and transmitters may be attached to the graft to facilitate transmission of measurements to a receiving device outside the patient'"'"'s body. The sensing devices, may be electrically passive or integrated devices with measurement and transmission capability. The sensing devices may be attached to specific locations on the graft material or attached to the lumen, thereby providing pertinent parameters from critical points inside the vasculature, or may be dispersed over the surface of the graft material or within the lumen to provide a profile of pertinent parameters. The sensing devices may be attached to the graft material with one suture using a running stitch to minimize graft bulk and may be coated with a material to inhibit or control tissue growth.
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85 Claims
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1-21. -21. (canceled)
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22. A modular endoluminal prosthesis for repairing an aneurysm in vasculature, comprising:
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a first endovascular graft component; and
a second endovascular graft component for attachment to the first endovascular graft component, the second endovascular graft component having one or more sensors attached thereto and wherein at least one sensor is located on the external surface of the second endovascular graft component. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30-75. -75. (canceled)
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76. A method of measuring pertinent parameters in the vasculature of a patient, comprising:
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providing one or more sensors in the vasculature, each sensor capable of measuring a pertinent parameter and transmitting the measurement to a receiving device;
providing a receiving/transmitting device capable of receiving measurements from the sensors and transmitting the measurements to a receiving device outside the patient'"'"'s body; and
providing one or more receiving devices outside the patient'"'"'s body, each receiving device capable of receiving the measurements transmitted by the receiving/transmitting device. - View Dependent Claims (77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84)
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85-106. -106. (canceled)
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