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

  • US 4,776,337 A
  • Filed: 06/26/1986
  • Issued: 10/11/1988
  • 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:

  • providing a biologically compatible coating on the outer surface of the prosthesis;

    disposing the prosthesis upon a catheter;

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

    providing controllable expansion of 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, by deforming a portion of the prosthesis with a force in excess of the elastic limit of the portion of the prosthesis, to implant the prosthesis within the body passageway.

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