Endovascular graft with pressure, temperature, flow and voltage sensors
First Claim
1. A modular endoluminal prosthesis for repairing vasculature in the area of an aneurysm sac, comprising:
- a first endovascular graft component; and
a second endovascular graft component configured to be delivered within vasculature separate from the first endovascular graft component, the second endovascular graft component including mating structure that accomplishes mating the second endovascular graft component to the first endovascular graft component in vasculature and having one or more sensors attached at a juncture between the first endovascular graft component and the second endovascular graft component, wherein the sensors of the second endovascular graft component detect parameters in the aneurysm sac relating to an endoleak at the juncture of the first endovacular graft and the second endovascular graft.
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Abstract
An endovascular graft having one or more sensors attached to its internal and external surface, one or more power sources attached to its external surface and one or more transmitters attached to its external surface, the sensors capable of measuring pertinent parameters and each transmitter capable of transmitting signals containing pertinent parameters to one or more receiving devices located outside the patient'"'"'s body. The sensors may measure pressure, temperature, blood flow, electrical potential, or any combination thereof. The sensors may be attached at specific locations on the graft material, thereby providing pertinent parameters from critical points inside the vasculature, or may be attached to form an array of sensors over the internal and external surface of the graft material, thereby providing a complete profile of pertinent parameters throughout the vasculature covered by the endovascular graft.
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27 Claims
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1. A modular endoluminal prosthesis for repairing vasculature in the area of an aneurysm sac, comprising:
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a first endovascular graft component; and a second endovascular graft component configured to be delivered within vasculature separate from the first endovascular graft component, the second endovascular graft component including mating structure that accomplishes mating the second endovascular graft component to the first endovascular graft component in vasculature and having one or more sensors attached at a juncture between the first endovascular graft component and the second endovascular graft component, wherein the sensors of the second endovascular graft component detect parameters in the aneurysm sac relating to an endoleak at the juncture of the first endovacular graft and the second endovascular graft. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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