Patents Assigned to Legona Anstalt
  • Patent number: 6102940
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device forming an endoluminal endoprosthesis. The device comprises at least a first segment, and upstream from said segment, at a predetermined distance therefrom, it comprises a "fixing" upstream segment made of a biocompatible material so as to be deployable from a closed or non-deployed position for insertion purposes to a deployed working position, the deployed working position being designed to be located in a healthy zone of blood vessel and being separated from the first segment by a predetermined distance defined by links of predetermined length. The invention makes it easy to recatheterize a blood vessel such as the abdominal aorta suffering from an aneurysm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Legona Anstalt
    Inventors: Manuel Robichon, Jean-Jacques Meunier