Inventors:
Chieh-Min Fan - Boston MA
Assignee:
The General Hospital Corporation - Boston MA
International Classification:
A61F 206
US Classification:
623 136, 623 113, 623 123, 623 12, 606153, 604 7, 604 8
Abstract:
A prosthetic vessel graft assembly has a tube of synthetic graft material surrounding a stent at its distal end, together with a plurality of collapsible anchors projecting radially from the stent. The assembly mounts on an introducer that may be tunneled through skin or inserted in an opening and pushed down to a vessel for introducing the graft through the vessel side wall. The introducer is configured to follow a guide wire which is inserted via a needle through an opening in the side wall of the vessel. A peel-away sheath covers the stent, graft, and anchor members at the distal end keeping them collapsed against the tubular body.