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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2002
Thomas J. Holman, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Darlene A. Thometz, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Fertac Bilge, South Lake, MN (US);
Paul J. Buscemi, Long Lake, MN (US);
David H. Donabedian, Somerset, NJ (US);
Thomas J. Holman, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Darlene A. Thometz, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Fertac Bilge, South Lake, MN (US);
Paul J. Buscemi, Long Lake, MN (US);
David H. Donabedian, Somerset, NJ (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
Percutaneous treatment of aortic aneurysms and like vascular anomalies by an apparatus and method wherein the apparatus is delivered via catheter and comprises a sleeve with at least one peripheral conduit which is caused to assume an expanded, rigid configuration by the introduction of a chemical or mechanical hardening means, whereby the sleeve is caused to assume an open cylindrical configuration for fluid flow therethrough.