Methods for deploying bypass graft stents
First Claim
1. A method for endoluminally treating a pathological defect within or part of a body passageway of a patient, there being healthy tissue on a first side and on a second side of the pathological defect and the pathological defect being positioned in the vicinity of a branching passageway within a patient, comprising the steps of:
- (a) introducing first and second graftstents through respective first and second access sites, the first and second access sites being on the first side of the pathological defect;
(b) advancing the first and second graftstents until each extends across the pathological defect and is positioned in a common body passageway and on the second side of the pathological defect; and
(c) drawing the first and second graftstents together within the common body passageway.
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Abstract
A method for endoluminally treating a pathological defect is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of introducing first and second graftstents through respective first and second access sites on a first side of a pathological defect; advancing the graftstents until each extends across the defect and is positioned within a common body passageway on a second side of the pathological defect; and drawing the graftstents together within the common body passageway.
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1. A method for endoluminally treating a pathological defect within or part of a body passageway of a patient, there being healthy tissue on a first side and on a second side of the pathological defect and the pathological defect being positioned in the vicinity of a branching passageway within a patient, comprising the steps of:
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(a) introducing first and second graftstents through respective first and second access sites, the first and second access sites being on the first side of the pathological defect; (b) advancing the first and second graftstents until each extends across the pathological defect and is positioned in a common body passageway and on the second side of the pathological defect; and (c) drawing the first and second graftstents together within the common body passageway. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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