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Multi-component expandable supportive bifurcated endoluminal grafts and methods for using same

  • US 8,317,856 B2
  • Filed: 03/05/2008
  • Issued: 11/27/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A stent graft system comprising:

  • a first component, which comprises a tubular structure, which comprises a first support element and a first covering element attached to said first support element, two sides of said first component being positionable, respectively, in first and second branches that branch from a main trunk of a subject, wherein said first covering element is shaped so as to define an opening arranged to face said main trunk; and

    a second component, which comprises a second support element and a second covering element attached to said second support element, said second component partially disposed within said first component, extending out of said first component through said opening,wherein said second component comprises a proximal segment and a distal segment, said proximal segment being anchorably disposed within exactly one of said two sides of said first component, such that said proximal segment engages said exactly one side, and wherein said distal segment of said second component extends out of said first component through said opening, andwherein said second covering element only partially covers said second support element so as to allow blood flow to both of said two sides of said first component.

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