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Method and apparatus for forming an endoluminal bifurcated graft

  • US 5,507,769 A
  • Filed: 10/18/1994
  • Issued: 04/16/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for endoluminally isolating a pathological defect in the vicinity of a branched passageway, comprising the steps of:

  • advancing through each branch of the branched passageway a graftstent complex, each of the graftstent complexes comprising a first stent and a graft;

    aligning the first stents relative to each other in a common passageway on one side of the pathological defect, the common passageway being in direct fluid communication with the branched passageway, each graft extending into a respective branch of the branched passageways across the pathological defect; and

    deploying each of the aligned first stents in the common passageway, whereby fluid flows in the passageway through each of the graftstent complexes thereby isolating the pathological defect.

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