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  • Device and method for delivering an endovascular stent-graft having a longitudinally unsupported portion
    Patent number: 7758626
    Abstract: An endoluminal prosthesis having an unsupported or flexible region and a delivery system for delivering the endoluminal prosthesis is provided. The delivery system includes a prosthesis delivery catheter with stiffening elements that provide longitudinally rigid support to a flexible or unsupported portion of an endoluminal prosthesis as the prosthesis is being deployed. A prosthesis is removably coupled to the stiffening elements. The endoluminal prosthesis can be a stent or a stent graft or graft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Kim, Eric D. Johnson