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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2012
Applicant:
Andrew K. Johnson, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Andrew K. Johnson, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/954 (2013.01); A61F 2/97 (2013.01); A61F 2/856 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/954 (2013.01); A61F 2/97 (2013.01); A61F 2/856 (2013.01); A61F 2002/067 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0001 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0071 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bifurcated catheter, which can deploy a bifurcated stent constructed as a single piece into a bifurcated vessel, is disclosed. The system may have two main parts—a y-shaped catheter with a splittable seam, and a custom made stent, which can be deployed with the bifurcated catheter. The disclosed bifurcated catheter permits a physician or operator to stent a vessel at a bifurcation of the vessel.