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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2008
Nareak Douk, Lowell, MA (US);
Nasser Rafiee, Andover, MA (US);
Morgan House, Newfields, NH (US);
Jia Hua Xiao, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Walter Bruszewski, Guerneville, CA (US);
Peggy Grills, Hidden Valley Lake, CA (US);
James Machek, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Nareak Douk, Lowell, MA (US);
Nasser Rafiee, Andover, MA (US);
Morgan House, Newfields, NH (US);
Jia Hua Xiao, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Walter Bruszewski, Guerneville, CA (US);
Peggy Grills, Hidden Valley Lake, CA (US);
James Machek, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
A stent graft system and method of use includes a stent graft for fixation at an attachment site with graft material defining at least one opening having an opening perimeter; a support attached to the graft material; a guide rail attached around the opening perimeter; and a helical anchor having a plurality of coils with a point at one end. The plurality of coils are rotatable around the guide rail to cause the pointed end of the coils to penetrate the graft material and the adjacent tissue in contact with the stent graft to sew the stent graft to the attachment site.