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Apparatus and methods for delivery of braided prostheses

  • US 8,574,282 B2
  • Filed: 04/01/2011
  • Issued: 11/05/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for delivering a prosthesis to a body lumen, said method comprising:

  • positioning a delivery catheter at a target site, the tubular catheter comprising;

    an outer tube having a passage;

    a tubular prosthesis carried in the passage of the outer tube at least partially in a radially collapsed configuration; and

    an inner tube slidably disposed within the passage of the outer tube, the inner tube having a lumen for receiving a guidewire; and

    advancing the inner tube distally relative to the outer tube to evert the tubular prosthesis so that an inside surface is exposed radially outwardly and advanced over a length of a wall of the body lumen.

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