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Bifurcated vascular graft and method and apparatus for deploying same

  • US 6,951,572 B1
  • Filed: 08/12/2003
  • Issued: 10/04/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/20/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A bifurcated vascular graft comprising:

  • a hollow tubular body member having first and second open ends, said second open end defining a first opening, said hollow tubular body member comprising a first stent;

    a first hollow tubular limb member having first and second open ends; and

    a second hollow tubular limb member having first and second open ends wherein the first open end of each of said first and second hollow tubular limb members extends through said first opening and is connected to the hollow tubular body member at a circumference of the first open end of said hollow tubular body member such that a length of said limb members extends from the first open end to the second open end of said hollow tubular body member and is circumferentially contained within said hollow tubular body member;

    wherein the first open ends of said first and second hollow tubular limb members have first circumferential portions that are attached to each other along a diameter of the first open end of the hollow tubular body member which divides the hollow tubular body member into first and second lumens, and second circumferential portions which are not attached to one another are connected to the circumference of the first open end of the hollow tubular body member;

    wherein said first and second hollow tubular limb members extend beyond the second end of the hollow tubular body member; and

    wherein said first hollow tubular limb member includes a second stent and the second tubular member includes a third stent, the second and third stents only encompassing portions of the first and second hollow tubular limb members that extend beyond the second end of the hollow tubular body member.

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