Bilateral extension prosthesis and method of delivery

• US 7,267,685 B2
• Filed: 01/08/2002
• Issued: 09/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Cardinal Health Switzerland 515 GmbH (Cardinal Health, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cordis Corporation (Cardinal Health, Inc.)
• Inventors: Butaric, Frank, Solovay, Kenneth S., Howat, William L., Ramer, Marc, Letendre, Robert P.
• Primary Examiner(s): McDermott; Corrine
• Assistant Examiner(s): Miller; Cheryl
• Application Number:
  US10/041,373
• Publication Number:
  US 20020058987A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,072 Days
• Field of Search: 623/1.13, 623/1.16, 623/1.35, 623/1.36, 623/1.34, 623/1.28
• US Class Current: 623/1.16
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/064 Surgical staples, i.e. penetrating the tissue
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/0682 for applying U-shaped staples or clamps, e.g. without a forming anvil
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/064 with special features to facilitate anastomotic coupling anastomosis of natural blood vessels A61B17/11
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/07 Stent-grafts
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/848 having means for fixation to the vessel wall, e.g. barbs
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/89 the wire-like elements comprising two or more adjacent rings flexibly connected by separate members
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/91 made from perforated sheet material or tubes, e.g. perforated by laser cuts or etched holes
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/915 with bands having a meander structure, adjacent bands being connected to each other
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/954 for placing stents or stent-grafts in a bifurcation
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/065 Y-shaped blood vessels
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/067 modular
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/075 the stent being loosely attached to the graft material, e.g. by stitching
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/077 having means to fill the space between stent-graft and aneurysm wall, e.g. a sleeve
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/825 having longitudinal struts
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2230/0013 Horseshoe-shaped, e.g. crescent-shaped, C-shaped, U-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2230/0034 D-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2250/006 modular

Abstract

The invention is a system, apparatus, and method for treating, and/or repairing an aneurysm, preferably an aortic aneurysm, and most preferably, an abdominal aortic aneurysm. The systems, devices, and methods of the present invention include a prosthesis assembly for establishing a fluid flow path between an upstream portion of an artery and at least one bifurcated downstream portion of the artery.

Claims

1. A system for bypassing an aneurysm comprising:

a first anchoring and sealing device, including an expandable structure having a substantially cylindrical structure with first and second open ends and a sealing material surrounding the substantially cylindrical structure and substantially covering at least one of the first and second open ends, the sealing material comprising a first material;

at least one bypass prosthesis for bypassing an aneurysmal section of the vessel, the at least one bypass prosthesis extending at least partially into the first anchoring and sealing device, the at least one bypass prosthesis comprising a scaffold and graft material attached thereto, the graft material comprising a second material;

at least one extension prosthesis connected to and in fluid communication with the at least one bypass prosthesis, the at least one extension prosthesis comprising a scaffold and graft material attached thereto, the graft material comprising the scond material; and

an extension receptacle positionable on or within at least one of the at least one bypass prosthesis and the at least one extension prosthesis, the extension receptacle including a gasket to create a fluid tight seal between the at least one bypass prosthesis and the at least one extension prosthesis, the gasket comprising the first material and wherein the first and second materials are distinct materials.