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System for deploying an endoluminal prosthesis at a surgical site

  • US 9,827,123 B2
  • Filed: 06/11/2015
  • Issued: 11/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for implanting a prosthesis, comprising:

  • a) an arcuate control catheter, the arcuate control catheter having a superior side, an inferior side, a proximal end and a distal end;

    b) a nose cone fixed at the distal end of the arcuate control catheter; and

    c) at least one supporting wire having a fixed proximal end and a free distal end opposite the fixed proximal end, the at least one supporting wire including at least one stop proximate to the free distal end of the at least one supporting wire that has a diameter greater than that of the at least one supporting wire, wherein only the proximal end of the at least one supporting wire is fixed, the at least one supporting wire extending only along the inferior side of the arcuate control catheter and splaying away from the arcuate control catheter, and the free distal end of the at least one supporting wire being flexible and arcuate, and having an arc that extends from the inferior side and points toward the superior side of the arcuate control catheter.

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