System and method for deploying an endoluminal prosthesis at a surgical site
First Claim
1. A system for implanting a prosthesis, comprising:
- a) an arcuate control lumen, the arcuate control lumen having a superior side, an inferior side, and a distal end;
b) a nose cone fixed at the distal end of the arcuate control lumen; and
c) at least one supporting wire having a fixed proximal end and a free distal end opposite the fixed proximal end, wherein only the proximal end is fixed, and wherein the at least one supporting wire extends along the inferior side of the arcuate control lumen and splays away from the arcuate control lumen, wherein the free distal end of the at least one supporting wire is flexible and arcuate, and arcs toward the arcuate control lumen.
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Abstract
A system for implanting a prosthesis includes a control lumen and a nose cone affixed at a distal end of the control lumen. At least one supporting wire is affixed at one end, is substantially parallel to a major axis of the control lumen and is free at an opposite end, wherein the free end of at least one of the supporting wires is arcuate. Alternatively, a system for implanting a prosthesis includes at least one suture extending from a nose cone affixed to a distal end of a control lumen. The suture extends from the nose cone to a proximal end to a stent graft extending about the control lumen and from the stent graft to a fixed location on the control lumen. The suture is releasable from the stent graft by remote activation, whereby the suture separates from the nose cone to thereby deploy the stent graft.
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35 Claims
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1. A system for implanting a prosthesis, comprising:
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a) an arcuate control lumen, the arcuate control lumen having a superior side, an inferior side, and a distal end; b) a nose cone fixed at the distal end of the arcuate control lumen; and c) at least one supporting wire having a fixed proximal end and a free distal end opposite the fixed proximal end, wherein only the proximal end is fixed, and wherein the at least one supporting wire extends along the inferior side of the arcuate control lumen and splays away from the arcuate control lumen, wherein the free distal end of the at least one supporting wire is flexible and arcuate, and arcs toward the arcuate control lumen. - 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, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A system for implanting a prosthesis, comprising:
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a) an arcuate control lumen, the arcuate control lumen having a superior side, an inferior side and a distal end; b) a nose cone fixed at the distal end of the arcuate control lumen; c) an flexible inner sheath extending about the arcuate control lumen that defines a distal opening at a distal end of the inner sheath, wherein the nose cone is retractable within the inner sheath; and d) at least one supporting wire having a fixed proximal end and a free distal end, wherein only the proximal end is fixed, and wherein the at least one supporting wire extends along the inferior side of the arcuate control lumen and splays away from the arcuate control lumen and the free distal end of at least one of the supporting wires is flexible and arcuate, and arcs towards the arcuate control lumen. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35)
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