CPC A61F 2/07 (2013.01) [A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/89 (2013.01); A61F 2002/061 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9511 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims |
1. A temporary system for securing a stent graft to a catheter of a stent graft delivery system comprising:
a stent graft having a proximal end, a distal end, an internal lumen between the proximal end and the distal end, a graft material tube, a graft material sidewall, at least one fenestration within the graft material sidewall, and a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart self-expanding stents attached to the graft material sidewall and including at least an end stent and a plurality of intermediate stents;
a guidewire catheter extending longitudinally through the lumen of the stent graft;
at least one wire extending longitudinally along only a first side of the graft material tube in a first undulating pattern, the first wire repeatedly penetrating the graft material tube from inside the graft material tube to outside the graft material tube and then penetrating the tubular wall back from outside the graft material tube to inside the graft material tube such that a portion of the at least one wire extends over the guidewire catheter along a longitudinal length of the guidewire catheter to secure the guidewire catheter at least partially to an internal wall of the stent graft.
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