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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2003
Roy K. Greenberg, Bratenahl, OH (US);
David Ernest Hartley, Subiaco, AU;
Erik Edelboe Rasmussen, Slagelse, DK;
Roy K. Greenberg, Bratenahl, OH (US);
David Ernest Hartley, Subiaco, AU;
Erik Edelboe Rasmussen, Slagelse, DK;
Cook Incorporated, Bloomington, IN (US);
William Cook Europe ApS, Bjaeverskov, DK;
William A. Cook Australia Pty. Ltd., Brisbane, AU;
Abstract
A stent graft deployment apparatus () which has a deployment catheter () with a proximal end () to be introduced into a patient and a distal end () to remain outside a patient and at a proximal end thereof a region to contain a stent graft (). A sheath () extends over and covers the stent graft and can be moved to expose the stent graft to enable deployment of the stent graft. A nose cone dilator () is positioned at the proximal end of the deployment catheter and can be curved. A capsule () provides a distal retention arrangement for the stent graft.