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Vascular graft device placement methods

  • US 9,463,104 B2
  • Filed: 06/06/2014
  • Issued: 10/11/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for positioning a device in a blood vessel of a patient adjacent to the heart, the method comprisingadvancing a venous catheter endoluminally from a venous site to the heart;

  • advancing an elongate member from the venous catheter through a valve in the heart to a blood vessel adjacent to the heart;

    advancing an arterial catheter endoluminally from an arterial site toward the heart;

    drawing the elongate member into the arterial catheter;

    advancing the arterial catheter over the elongate member such that tip portions of the venous and arterial catheters are brought into adjacency; and

    deploying a device within the blood vessel from a platform extending from the venous catheter to the arterial site, the blood vessel being adjacent to the heart.

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