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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2009
Applicants:
Erik Rasmussen, Slagelse, DK;
Bent Øhlenschlaeger, Li. Skensved, DK;
Kim Moegelvang Jensen, Koebenhavn, DK;
Inventors:
Erik Rasmussen, Slagelse, DK;
Bent Øhlenschlaeger, Li. Skensved, DK;
Kim Moegelvang Jensen, Koebenhavn, DK;
Assignee:
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An introducer () includes release wires (') that constrain at least one stent (′) while the remainder of a stent graft () is expanded during deployment. By allowing the constrained stent (′) to expand after an adjacent stent (), the constrained stent (′) overlaps with the interior of the adjacent stent () where the stent graft () is deployed within a curved body lumen ().