Abstract: An endograft deployment mechanism having a cone for placement in a blood vessel, a plurality of struts having first ends engaged with the cone and second ends opposite the first ends, and a hollow outer sheath associated with the cone, the sheath housing an endograft having proximal and distal ends, wherein the second ends of the struts are removably attached to the proximal end of the endograft such that the endograft may be separated from the struts during deployment thereof. An endograft having a trunk portion with an end, a first branch extending from the junction to an end, a second branch extending from the junction to an end, and a plurality of integral hoops disposed only within the ends, making the ends circumferentially radiopaque. The endograft may also include a stent adjacent to the junction to ensure fluid communication between the trunk and branches and opening of the bifurcation.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 25, 2006
Publication date:
March 8, 2007
Applicant:
Vascular and Endovascular Surgical Technologies, Inc.