Patents Examined by Matthew Kiser
  • Method for intraluminally deploying a bifurcated graft
    Patent number: 6039758
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for repairing a vessel at a bifurcation using a multicapsule catheter having first, second and third capsules for releasably retaining each terminal end of a bifurcated graft. The method for repairing the vessel includes the steps of performing a surgical technique to gain remote access to the vessel, advancing the multicapsule catheter within the vessel and releasing the bifurcated graft within the vessel to thereby repair the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Endovascular Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dinah B. Quiachon, Alec A. Piplani, Steve G. Baker, Ronald G. Williams, Richard S. Williams, Kenneth L. Osborn, Ted W. Layman, Peter K. Johansson