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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2007
Timothy A. M. Chuter, San Francisco, CA (US);
Roy K. Greenberg, Bratenahl, OH (US);
Timothy A. M. Chuter, San Francisco, CA (US);
Roy K. Greenberg, Bratenahl, OH (US);
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Abstract
A stent graft leg extension () to extend from a bifurcated aortic stent graft into an iliac artery. The stent graft has a tubular body. () of a biocompatible graft material and a plurality of self-expanding stents () joined to and supporting the tubular body. An uncovered tubular self-expanding stent assembly () extends from a first end of the tubular body and is fastened thereto. The uncovered tubular self-expanding stent assembly () provides a smooth transition from the leg extension into the iliac artery to reduce the chance of kinks causing problems in the leg extension.