Endovascular grafting system and method for use therewith
First Claim
1. An endovascular grafting system for intraluminal emplacement of a prosthesis in a corporeal lumen, comprising:
- a prosthesis configured to repair the corporeal lumen; and
a catheter having an inflatable portion, said catheter being operatively associated with said prosthesis for intraluminally deploying said prosthesis within the corporeal lumen, said inflatable portion configured to engage said prosthesis to implant said prosthesis within the corporeal lumen so that said prosthesis repairs the corporeal lumen.
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Abstract
Endovascular grafting system having a capsule catheter comprising a flexible elongate tubular member having proximal and distal extremities and a capsule mounted on the distal extremity of the tubular member. The capsule is generally cylindrical in shape and is formed of a helical wrap of a metal ribbon. The wraps are bonded into a unitary capsule permitting bending of said unitary capsule. A graft is disposed within the capsule. The graft is comprised of a tubular member having proximal and distal ends. Hooks are secured to the proximal and distal ends of the tubular member and face in a direction outwardly towards the inner wall of the capsule. A push rod is disposed within the capsule catheter and engages the graft whereby upon relative movement between the push rod and the capsule catheter, the graft can be forced out of the capsule.
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24 Claims
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1. An endovascular grafting system for intraluminal emplacement of a prosthesis in a corporeal lumen, comprising:
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a prosthesis configured to repair the corporeal lumen; and a catheter having an inflatable portion, said catheter being operatively associated with said prosthesis for intraluminally deploying said prosthesis within the corporeal lumen, said inflatable portion configured to engage said prosthesis to implant said prosthesis within the corporeal lumen so that said prosthesis repairs the corporeal lumen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An endovascular grafting system for intraluminal emplacement of a prosthesis in a corporeal lumen, comprising:
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a prosthesis configured to repair the corporeal lumen, said prosthesis having a collapsed condition for intraluminal delivery and an expanded condition for prosthetic use; and a catheter having an inflatable portion, said catheter being operatively associated with said prosthesis, wherein said catheter is configured to carry said prosthesis in said collapsed condition to a desired position within the lumen and said inflatable portion is configured to engage said prosthesis and to expand said prosthesis to said expanded condition in order to implant said prosthesis within the corporeal lumen so that said prosthesis repairs the corporeal lumen. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. An endovascular grafting system for intraluminal emplacement of a prosthesis in a corporeal lumen, comprising:
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a prosthesis configured to repair the corporeal lumen, said prosthesis having a collapsed condition for intraluminal delivery and an expanded condition for prosthetic use; and a catheter having an inflatable portion with said prosthesis disposed thereon, said inflatable portion being selectively inflatable to engage said prosthesis and to expand said prosthesis from said collapsed condition to said expanded condition in order to implant said prosthesis within the corporeal lumen so that said prosthesis repairs the corporeal lumen. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. An endovascular grafting system for intraluminal emplacement of a prosthesis in a corporeal lumen, comprising:
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an elongated tubular prosthesis having opposite end portions in fluid communication with one another for use in repairing an aortic aneurysm, said prosthesis having a collapsed condition for intraluminal delivery and an expanded condition for prosthetic use; and a catheter having an inflatable portion, said catheter being operatively associated with said prosthesis, said inflatable portion being inflatable to engage said prosthesis and to expand said prosthesis from said collapsed condition to said expanded condition to thereby implant said prosthesis within the corporeal lumen so that said prosthesis repairs the corporeal lumen, said inflatable portion being deflatable to enable disassociation of said catheter from said prosthesis. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for intraluminal emplacement of a prosthesis in a corporeal lumen, comprising the step of:
intraluminally emplacing a prosthesis configured to repair the corporeal lumen in the corporeal lumen using a catheter having an inflatable portion, said inflatable portion engaging and expanding said prosthesis during said emplacing step to thereby implant said prosthesis in the corporeal lumen so that said prosthesis repair the corporeal lumen, said prosthesis being disassociated from said catheter and inflatable portion after said emplacing step. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for intraluminally implanting a prosthesis at a desired location within a corporeal lumen comprising the steps of:
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disposing a prosthesis configured to repair the corporeal lumen upon a catheter; intraluminally inserting said prosthesis and catheter within a corporeal lumen; delivering said catheter and prosthesis through the corporeal lumen to a desired location in the corporeal lumen without surgically exposing the desired location of the corporeal lumen; and providing controllable expansion of said prosthesis at the desired location within the corporeal lumen by expanding an inflatable portion of said catheter associated with said prosthesis to engage said prosthesis and force said prosthesis radially outwardly to implant said prosthesis within the corporeal lumen to configure said prosthesis so that the corporeal lumen is repaired.
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