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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2018
Applicant:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Inventor:
Adam Power, London, CA;
Assignee:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/09 (2006.01); A61F 2/954 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/09 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/954 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2002/065 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0915 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09108 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09133 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09141 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09175 (2013.01);
Abstract
A looped wire is provided for placing an endograft into a blood vessel. The looped wire comprising a flexible guidewire with one or more loops distributed along its length. The one or more loops have an inner diameter that is larger than the thickness of a suture or wire for threading the suture or wire through. The one or more loops is adapted for sliding along the suture or wire. Endograft system comprising the looped wire, and methods of using the looped wire are also provided.