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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2007
Richard Thomas, Cloverdale, CA (US);
Janelle Chang, San Francisco, CA (US);
Charles Thomas, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Aidan O'leary, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
David Gray, Windsor, CA (US);
Arif Iftekhar, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Richard Thomas, Cloverdale, CA (US);
Janelle Chang, San Francisco, CA (US);
Charles Thomas, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Aidan O'Leary, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
David Gray, Windsor, CA (US);
Arif Iftekhar, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of deploying a stent-graft in a curved vessel includes deploying an expandable tip to center a proximal end of the catheter containing a stent-graft in the curved vessel. A sheath is retracted to expose the stent-graft and the stent-graft self-expands into the curved vessel. By centering the catheter containing the stent-graft prior to deployment with the expandable tip, the accuracy of stent graft placement within the curved vessel is improved.