STENT-GRAFT AND APPARATUS AND FITTING METHOD
    1.
    发明公开
    STENT-GRAFT AND APPARATUS AND FITTING METHOD 有权
    覆膜支架,并通过仪器和程序

    公开(公告)号:EP2262444A2

    公开(公告)日:2010-12-22

    申请号:EP09729743.6

    申请日:2009-04-03

    IPC分类号: A61F2/06 A61F2/84

    摘要: A stent-graft (100) is provided with a tightenable loop element (104) having a first end terminated in a slip knot or self-tightening knot (112) and a second end which is received in and can slide in the knot (112). The knot (112) is tied by a suture to the stent-graft (100) so as to be fixed thereto. The loop (104) is fitted to the stent-graft (100) in a manner as to pass between the inside to the outside of the graft material and in such a manner that controlled curvature of the stent-graft (100) is possible, in particular control of the overlapping of adjacent stents held within the zone of the loop (104). An introducer assembly is also disclosed which includes a control cannula (120) able to the fixed to the stent-graft (100) during the deployment procedure, as well as a mechanism of suture loops (150, 152) at the proximal end of the stent-graft (100) for retaining this in a constricted form during the process of curving the latter during the deployment process.

    INTRODUCER
    3.
    发明公开
    INTRODUCER 有权
    导入装置

    公开(公告)号:EP2282704A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-02-16

    申请号:EP09758765.3

    申请日:2009-06-04

    IPC分类号: A61F2/84

    摘要: A stent graft introducer (1) has a distally opening capsule (5) on a nose cone dilator (3) and a plug device (17; 53) in the capsule. The plug device (17; 53) is movable longitudinally within the capsule (5) to move to a distal end (7) of the capsule (5) to extend from the capsule (5) whereby to provide a smooth transition from the otherwise distal opening (7) of the capsule (5) to enable retraction of the nose cone dilator (3) through a deployed stent graft (35). The capsule (5) includes an in-turned distal end (7) and the plug device (17; 53) has a proximal shoulder (25) whereby to prevent the plug device (17; 53) from being completely withdrawn from the capsule (5). The plug device (17; 53) has a distal linearly tapered surface (27) or a distally facing bullet shaped surface (57). There can be an arrangement (72; 80) to prevent subsequent retraction of the plug device (53; 17).

    ENDOPROTHESE AVEC BRAS LATERAL INTEGRAL
    4.
    发明公开
    ENDOPROTHESE AVEC BRAS LATERAL INTEGRAL 有权
    具有完整手枪内假体

    公开(公告)号:EP1791498A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-06-06

    申请号:EP05799560.7

    申请日:2005-09-21

    IPC分类号: A61F2/06

    摘要: A fenestrated stent graft with a tubular side arm extending there from in which the side arm can be turned inside out to extend into the stent graft during deployment of the stent graft and extended out during deployment. Also disclosed is a deployment device for such a side arm stent graft which has a deployment catheter and a side arm guide, the side arm guide is releasably fastened at a proximal end to the branch tube and is able to be moved independently of the deployment catheter such that the branch tube can be extended from the tubular body of the stent graft while it is fastened onto the side arm guide. The side arm guide can be formed from a side arm catheter and a side arm guide wire carried in the side arm catheter.

    LOCKING DEVICE FOR CATHETER
    6.
    发明公开
    LOCKING DEVICE FOR CATHETER 审中-公开
    封闭装置用于导管

    公开(公告)号:EP2131907A2

    公开(公告)日:2009-12-16

    申请号:EP08742802.5

    申请日:2008-04-11

    IPC分类号: A61M25/01 A61F2/84

    摘要: There is disclosed a locking unit (100) for locking a pusher (128) to a sheath assembly (164). The locking unit (100) includes a longitudinal locking portion (102) and a radial locking portion (104). The longitudinal locking portion (102) includes a plurality of cantilevered fingers (110) provided with longitudinally extending teeth (112) on internal surfaces thereof. A nut (108) can be tightened in order to bias the cantilevered arms (110) towards a pusher (128) such that the teeth (112) indent the outer surface of the pusher (128) to produce a strong and stable locking connection thereto. The radial locking section (104) latches onto the assembly integral with the sheath (164) so as to provide a radial locking action as well as a longitudinal locking action. The locking unit (100) provides a strong and reliable locking action between the pusher (128) and the sheath assembly (164) and can be easily removed by a clinician or surgeon during the deployment process.

    APPARATUS FOR CURVING AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE IN A LUMEN
    9.
    发明公开
    APPARATUS FOR CURVING AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE IN A LUMEN 有权
    DEVICE FOR在管腔弯曲的可植入医疗装置

    公开(公告)号:EP2358312A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-08-24

    申请号:EP09741048.4

    申请日:2009-10-09

    IPC分类号: A61F2/84

    摘要: An introducer assembly (100) including at its distal end a dilator tip (20) and an inner catheter for supporting an implantable medical device (1) for deployment, is provided with a plurality of strut elements (102, 202) extending from the dilator tip (20) to the proximal end of the medical device (1 ). The strut elements (102, 202) act to apply both a pulling and a pushing force against the proximal end of the medical device (1), having the effect of assisting in the correct positioning of the proximal end of the medical device in a patient's lumen, particularly where this is curved such as with the aortic arch. The strut elements (102, 202) form part of the introducer assembly and are removed from the patient following the deployment procedure. The device avoids the need for bare stents at the end of a stent graft.

    INTRODUCER FOR DEPLOYING A STENT GRAFT IN A CURVED LUMEN AND STENT GRAFT THEREFOR
    10.
    发明公开
    INTRODUCER FOR DEPLOYING A STENT GRAFT IN A CURVED LUMEN AND STENT GRAFT THEREFOR 有权
    覆膜支架和引导备案在这弯曲流明该支架移植

    公开(公告)号:EP2344072A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-07-20

    申请号:EP09748867.0

    申请日:2009-10-30

    IPC分类号: A61F2/06 A61F2/84

    摘要: A stent graft (18) for deployment in a curved lumen such as the aortic or thoracic arch (130) comprises a constraining mechanism at its proximal end. A stent (4′) provided at the proximal end of the stent graft (18) includes loops of material (11) that co-operate with restraining wires (42) that extend between a central guide wire carrier (24) and a restraining wire cannula (8). The constraining mechanism acts to maintain the proximal stent (4′) constrained at three points around its circumference at both the proximal and distal ends of the proximal stent (4′). The proximal stent (4′) is thus allowed to expand after expansion of the remainder of the stent graft (18) during deployment. In an embodiment, the constraining mechanism acts to constrain two adjacent struts of the proximal stent (4′) at three points radially therearound, at the proximal end of the stent (4′) and at the distal end of the stent (4′). The proximal stent (4′) may then overlap with the interior of an adjacent stent at an inner part (31) of a curved vessel.