Intraluminal repair device and catheter
First Claim
1. A system for intraluminally repairing a diseased portion of a first corporeal lumen within a patient'"'"'s vasculature which includes a second corporeal lumen branching from the first corporeal lumen, comprising:
- a repair device configured to be placed intraluminally within the patient'"'"'s vasculature, said repair device adapted for tissue ingrowth, anda catheter sized for placement within the second corporeal lumen and for being advanced within the patient'"'"'s vasculature to the first corporeal lumen, said catheter being flexible and having an outer profile that facilitates advancement from the second corporeal lumen to the first corporeal lumen and further having a radially expandable inflatable portion and being operatively associated with said repair device for intraluminally deploying said repair device within the first corporeal lumen, said radially expandable inflatable portion configured to engage said repair device to implant said repair device within the first corporeal lumen so that the diseased portion of the corporeal lumen is thereby repaired.
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Abstract
An intraluminal grafting system includes a hollow graft which has a proximal staple positioned proximate its proximal end and a distal staple adapted proximate its distal end. The system includes a capsule for transporting the graft through the lumen and for positioning the proximal end of the graft upstream in a lumen which may be a blood vessel or artery. A tube is connected to the capsule and extends to exterior the vessel for manipulation by the user. A catheter is positioned within the tube to extend from the cavity and through the graft to exterior the body. The catheter has an inflatable membrane or balloon proximate the distal end thereof which is in communication via a channel with inflation and deflation means located exterior the vessel. With the inflatable membrane deflated, the capsule is positioned in the lumen and manipulated to a desired location. The inflatable mabrane is manipulated by the rod away from the graft. The force exerted by the inflatable membrane and the structure of the staples urges the staples in the vessel wall, retaining the graft in position. The remainder of the intraluminal grafting system is then removed from the corporeal vessel.
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10 Claims
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1. A system for intraluminally repairing a diseased portion of a first corporeal lumen within a patient'"'"'s vasculature which includes a second corporeal lumen branching from the first corporeal lumen, comprising:
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a repair device configured to be placed intraluminally within the patient'"'"'s vasculature, said repair device adapted for tissue ingrowth, and a catheter sized for placement within the second corporeal lumen and for being advanced within the patient'"'"'s vasculature to the first corporeal lumen, said catheter being flexible and having an outer profile that facilitates advancement from the second corporeal lumen to the first corporeal lumen and further having a radially expandable inflatable portion and being operatively associated with said repair device for intraluminally deploying said repair device within the first corporeal lumen, said radially expandable inflatable portion configured to engage said repair device to implant said repair device within the first corporeal lumen so that the diseased portion of the corporeal lumen is thereby repaired. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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