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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
May. 26, 2009
Blayne A. Roeder, Lafayette, IN (US);
Jarin Kratzberg, Lafayette, IN (US);
William K. Dierking, Louisville, KY (US);
Erik E. Rasmussen, Slagelse, DK;
Bent Oehlenschlaeger, Skensved, DK;
Kim Mogelvang Jensen, Kobenhavn SV, DK;
David Brocker, Carmel, IN (US);
Alan R. Leewood, Lafayette, IN (US);
Timothy A. Chuter, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steven J. Charlebois, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Richard A. Swift, South Bend, IN (US);
Sharath Gopalakrishnamurthy, Bangalore, IN;
Matthew S. Huser, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Blayne A. Roeder, Lafayette, IN (US);
Jarin Kratzberg, Lafayette, IN (US);
William K. Dierking, Louisville, KY (US);
Erik E. Rasmussen, Slagelse, DK;
Bent Oehlenschlaeger, Skensved, DK;
Kim Mogelvang Jensen, Kobenhavn SV, DK;
David Brocker, Carmel, IN (US);
Alan R. Leewood, Lafayette, IN (US);
Timothy A. Chuter, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steven J. Charlebois, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Richard A. Swift, South Bend, IN (US);
Sharath Gopalakrishnamurthy, Bangalore, IN;
Matthew S. Huser, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Abstract
A stent graft for use in a medical procedure to treat a dissection of a patient's ascending thoracic aorta. The stent graft includes bare alignment stents at least at a proximal end, and often with a stent at both ends, each stent having opposing sets of curved apices, where the curved section of one broader set of apices has a radius of curvature that is greater than the curved section of the other narrower set of apices. The proximal stent is flared in a manner such that its broad apices occupy a larger circumference around the stent than do its narrower apices, where this flared feature provides for anchoring engagement near the aortic root in a manner not interfering with the coronary arteries or the aortic valve.