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Endovascular aneurysm repair system

  • US 9,320,589 B2
  • Filed: 06/16/2011
  • Issued: 04/26/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system comprising:

  • an intraluminal directing device sized and configured for introduction from a remote access site to a location within a blood vessel lumen, the intraluminal directing device including a deflectable distal region sized and configured for manipulation to orient the distal region with respect to different desired fastening sites within the blood vessel lumen;

    a single helical tissue-piercing fastener having a proximal diagonal component extending across the diameter of the helical tissue-piercing fastener; and

    an intraluminal fastener applier including a driven component, a distal end of the intraluminal fastener applier comprising a lumen configured to receive the helical tissue-piercing fastener, the intraluminal fastener applier having internal helical grooves positioned along the entire length of the helical tissue-piercing fastener, the distal end of the driven component comprising a fastener driver, a first portion of which is positioned proximal to and immediately adjacent the helical grooves and the helical tissue-piercing fastener and is sized such that the helical tissue-piercing fastener cannot move proximally past the fastener driver within the lumen of the intraluminal fastener applier and a second portion of which is configured to engage the proximal diagonal component of the tissue-piercing fastener, the driven component being rotatable within the lumen to cause the helical tissue-piercing fastener to rotate along the internal helical grooves of the lumen and out of the distal end of the intraluminal fastener applier, and the intraluminal fastener applier being sized and configured to be introduced along the intraluminal directing device.

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