Delivery system for modular endograft with superior attachment system
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1. A system for treating vasculature, comprising:
- a first graft component, the first graft component including a self-expanding structure and an inferior end portion;
a second graft component separate from the first graft component and configured to be delivered within vasculature separately from the first graft component; and
a delivery catheter, the delivery catheter including a releasing mechanism, a sheath overlaying the releasing mechanism and the first graft component, and a restraining structure that maintains the inferior end portion of the first graft component in a reduced diameter, the releasing mechanism configured to maintain the self-expanding structure of the first graft component in a compressed configuration after the sheath is withdrawn exposing the self-expanding structures;
wherein the second graft component has a superior end having an opening larger than the reduced diameter of the inferior end of the first graft component.
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Abstract
The present invention embodies delivery systems and methods of repairing vasculature. Various embodiments of bifurcated grafts and limb components can be delivered by delivery systems that provide enhanced control of self-expanding structure of a modular grafting system.
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1. A system for treating vasculature, comprising:
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a first graft component, the first graft component including a self-expanding structure and an inferior end portion; a second graft component separate from the first graft component and configured to be delivered within vasculature separately from the first graft component; and a delivery catheter, the delivery catheter including a releasing mechanism, a sheath overlaying the releasing mechanism and the first graft component, and a restraining structure that maintains the inferior end portion of the first graft component in a reduced diameter, the releasing mechanism configured to maintain the self-expanding structure of the first graft component in a compressed configuration after the sheath is withdrawn exposing the self-expanding structures; wherein the second graft component has a superior end having an opening larger than the reduced diameter of the inferior end of the first graft component. - 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)
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