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Methods for treating aneurysms

  • US 6,569,190 B2
  • Filed: 03/20/2001
  • Issued: 05/27/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for treating an aneurysm in a mammalian patient which method comprises:

  • (a) identifying the vascular site of an aneurysm in a mammalian patient wherein said aneurysm comprises an aneursymal sac formed from the vascular wall of a parent artery and further wherein said aneurysmal sac participates in the systemic blood flow of said patient;

    (b) inhibiting systemic blood flow into said aneurysmal sac by filling at least a portion of said sac with a fluid composition and/or a non-particulate agent or plurality of said agents; and

    (c) non-endogenously isolating the parent artery proximal and distal to said aneurysm from systemic blood flow by placement of a porous stent adjacent the aneurysmal sac wherein said stent extends in both the proximal and distal directions of the parent artery followed by addition of a sufficient amount of the fluid composition to the aneursymal sac to overfill said sac such that said excess amount of fluid composition encapsulates at least a portion of the porous stent both proximally and distally to the aneurysmal sac.

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