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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2005
Filed:
May. 19, 2003
Dennis Kujawski, Brookline, NH (US);
Michael F. Weiser, Groton, MA (US);
Dennis Kujawski, Brookline, NH (US);
Michael F. Weiser, Groton, MA (US);
C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
The invention comprises, inter-alia, endoprosthetic implants for treating vascular defects, including abdominal aortic aneurysms. Implants according to the invention have a short main body that can be positioned within a patient's aorta at a position above the renal end of an aortic aneurysm. The short main body includes a proximal, or renal, face that redirects the flow of blood into the openings of channels that can carry blood past the aneurysm. In this way, the flow of blood through the aorta is diverted into the two passageways and through the main body of the implant. Fluid exiting the implant can be carried by leg extensions and delivered to a healthy part of the patient's aorta or the iliac arteries. Accordingly, the implant provides a system for allowing blood traveling through the aorta to be carried by a vascular graft that spans an aortic aneurysm, thereby relieving fluid pressure on the thin wall of aortic aneurysm, and reducing the risk of death caused by a ruptured aneurysm.
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