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Delivery system and method for bifurcated graft

  • US 8,328,861 B2
  • Filed: 11/16/2007
  • Issued: 12/11/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A delivery system for a bifurcated intracorporeal device comprising:

  • a shaft having a distal section supporting;

    a primary support member positioned to be disposed within at least a primary portion of the bifurcated intracorporeal device; and

    a secondary support member adjacent the primary support member and positioned to be disposed within a secondary portion of the bifurcated intracorporeal device;

    at least one belt configured to be circumferentially disposed about a portion of the secondary support member so to at least partially constrain the secondary portion of the bifurcated intracorporeal device;

    a tube including a distal end which is directly connected to the secondary support member such that movement of the tube is translated to a corresponding force on the secondary support member; and

    a release member configured to engage and releasably secure the belt in a constraining configuration, the release member extending through at least a portion of the tube such that the release member is accessible adjacent a proximal end of the tube.

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