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Expandable intraluminal graft, and method and apparatus for implanting an expandable intraluminal graft

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  • US 4,739,762 A
  • Filed: 11/03/1986
  • Issued: 04/26/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for implanting a prosthesis within a body passageway comprising the steps of:

  • utilizing a thin-walled, tubular member as the prosthesis, the tubular member having a plurality of slots formed therein, the slots being disposed substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tubular member;

    disposing the prosthesis upon a catheter;

    inserting the prosthesis and catheter within the body passageway by catheterization of said body passageway; and

    expanding and deforming the prosthesis at a desired location within the body passageway by expanding a portion of the catheter associated with the prosthesis to force the prosthesis radially outwardly into contact with the body passageway, the prosthesis being deformed beyond its elastic limit.

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