Abstract: A coaxial stent system is described in which an inner treatment stent is configured to be coaxially positioned inside an outer anchoring stent. The outer anchoring stent is adapted for insertion into a blood vessel and anchoring to the blood vessel at a position where the outer anchoring stent spans a neck of an aneurysm. A method for endovascular treatment of aneurysms is also described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 13, 2015
Date of Patent:
September 19, 2017
Assignee:
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Inventors:
Dieter Enzmann, Issei Kan, Ichiro Yuki, Fernando Vinuela
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