×

Expandable supportive branched endoluminal grafts

DC
  • US 5,855,598 A
  • Filed: 05/27/1997
  • Issued: 01/05/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/21/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A multiple-component branched expandable supportive endoluminal graft comprising:

  • a plurality of expandable supportive endoluminal components which are deployed individually at a selected location within a body vessel, each said supportive endoluminal graft component being radially compressible for endoluminal insertion and radially expandable for deployment at a desired location within a body vessel;

    one of said expandable supportive endoluminal components is a trunk component, said trunk component including a tubular supporting member and a trunk liner positioned along said tubular supporting member, said trunk liner having a generally cylindrical upper body portion, at least two leg portions, and a generally cylindrical lower body portion, each said leg portion defining a leg opening into said upper body portion and another leg opening into said lower body portion;

    at least one other of said expandable supportive endoluminal components is a generally cylindrical supportive leg component; and

    said generally cylindrical supportive leg component and one of said leg portions of the trunk component, when said leg component and trunk component are deployed within the body vessel, are telescopically positioned with respect to each other.

View all claims
  • 2 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×