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Method for repairing a bifurcated vessel

  • US 5,868,777 A
  • Filed: 03/03/1997
  • Issued: 02/09/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/02/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for repairing a bifurcated vessel, wherein a first portion of the vessel opens into a second portion of said vessel, and wherein said first portion has a diseased area adjacent an ostium defining the intersection between said first and second portions, a stent having a tubular body and a flaring portion, means for expanding said tubular body and expanding and deforming said flaring portion, said expansion means operating to expand said tubular body and said flaring portion from an unexpanded and undeformed to an expanded and deformed configuration, the method comprising:

  • loading said tubular body and said flaring portion in said unexpanded and undeformed configuration upon a balloon portion of a catheter;

    advancing said balloon catheter and said tubular body through a patient'"'"'s vasculature to said diseased area of said bifurcated vessel such that said tubular body is positioned within said first portion, while said flaring portion extends from said ostium to partially protrude into said second portion;

    expanding said balloon portion of said catheter to expand said tubular body from said unexpanded to said expanded configuration, and capping the ostium by expanding and deforming said flaring portion from said unexpanded and undeformed to said expanded and deformed configuration; and

    removing said balloon catheter from the patient'"'"'s vasculature.

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