Bell-bottom modular stent-graft

• US 6,030,415 A
• Filed: 01/28/1998
• Issued: 02/29/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Cook Medical Incorporated (Cook Group Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: EndoVascular Technologies Incorporated (Boston Scientific Corporation)
• Inventors: Chuter, Timothy A. M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Yu, Mickey
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Dinh X.
• Application Number:
  US09/014,945
• Time in Patent Office: 762 Days
• Field of Search: 623/1, 623/11, 623/12, 623/66, 606/191, 606/192, 606/193, 606/194, 606/195
• US Class Current: 623/1.13
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/07 Stent-grafts
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/89 the wire-like elements comprising two or more adjacent rings flexibly connected by separate members
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/065 Y-shaped blood vessels
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/067 modular
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/075 the stent being loosely attached to the graft material, e.g. by stitching
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2220/0075 sutured, ligatured or stitched, retained or tied with a rope, string, thread, wire or cable
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2230/0067 conical
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2250/0039 differing in diameter

Abstract

A system for repairing body lumens including a modular graft and a method for deploying the graft within the body lumen. The modular graft includes a first component having first and second leg portions which mate with second and third graft components, respectively. The second leg portion has a bell bottom shape. The modular graft further includes expandable members which aid in implanting the modular graft as well as facilitates the mating of its components. In order to repair the body lumen, the first component is placed at the repair site and thereafter, the first and second legs are advanced to the repair site and attached to the first component.

Claims

1. A device for repairing a body lumen, comprising:

a main tubular component, said main tubular component having a superior end, an inferior end, and a trunk portion with first and second legs extending therefrom, said second leg extends beyond said first leg and includes an end portion which has a bell-bottom configuration; and

a plurality of discrete expandable devices attached to said main tubular component, said expandable devices being positioned at different longitudinal levels along said repairing device.

2. The repair device of claim 1, wherein one of said plurality of expanded devices is a main expandable device configured proximate said superior end of said main tubular component.

3. The repair device of claim 1, wherein one of said plurality of expandable devices is a first minor expandable device and further comprising a first docking site positioned within said first leg, said first docking site configured with said first minor expandable device.

4. The repair device of claim 3, wherein another of said plurality of expandable devices is a second minor expandable device and further comprising a second docking site positioned within said second leg, said second docking site configured with said second minor expandable device.

5. The repair device of claim 4, said second leg including a second constriction, said second constriction being an annular indentation formed in said repair device.

6. The repair device of claim 5, wherein said second constriction is positioned superior to said bell-bottom portion.

7. The repair device of claim 6, further comprising a first tubular component configured to mate with said first leg, said first tubular component further including a plurality of first supplemental expandable devices, said first supplemental expandable devices being spaced along said tubular component.

8. The repair device of claim 7, further comprising a second tubular component configured to mate with said second leg, said second tubular component further including a plurality of second supplemental expandable devices, said second supplemental expandable devices being spaced along said second tubular component.

9. The repair device of claim 8, wherein said first constriction is received between adjacent first supplemental expandable devices.

10. The repair device of claim 8, wherein said second constriction is received between adjacent second supplemental expandable devices.

11. The repair device of claim 5, further comprising a radiopaque marker positioned at said second constriction.

12. A device for repairing a body lumen, comprising:

a main tubular component, said main tubular component having a superior end, an inferior end, and a trunk portion with first and second legs extending therefrom, said second leg extends beyond said first leg and includes an end portion which has a bell-bottom configuration; and

a plurality of discrete expandable means attached to said main tubular component, said expandable means being positioned at different longitudinal levels along said repair device.

13. The repair device of claim 12, wherein one of said plurality of expanded means is a main expandable means configured proximate said superior end of said main tubular component.

14. The repair device of claim 12, wherein one of said plurality of expandable means is a first minor expandable means and further comprising a first docking site positioned within said first leg, said first docking site configured with said first minor expandable means.

15. The repair device of claim 14, wherein another of said plurality of expandable means is a second minor expandable means and further comprising a second docking site positioned within said second leg, said second docking site configured with said second minor expandable means.

16. The repair device of claim 15, said second leg including a second constriction, said second constriction being an annular indentation formed in said repair device.

17. The repair device of claim 16, wherein said second constriction is positioned superior to said bell-bottom portion.