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Apparatus and method for deploying an aortic arch graft

  • US 6,099,548 A
  • Filed: 07/28/1998
  • Issued: 08/08/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/28/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A graft assembly, comprising:

  • a) a tubular graft having a central lumen extending to and meeting with first and second open ends;

    b) at least one string removably attached to the graft proximate the first open end; and

    c) at least one stylet having a length between distal and proximal ends, wherein the stylet is provided with an attachment portion at its distal end that captures the string adjacent to the first open end of the craft so that the proximal end of the stylet is manipulatable to move the distal end of the stylet and the graft connected to each other by the string to a treatment zone in a vasculature, and wherein the stylet and the string are detachable from the graft.

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