US 11,712,330 B2
Vascular and aortic grafts and deployment tools
Thomas J. Palermo, San Jose, CA (US); Pin-Hsuan Lee, Taipei (TW); and Jimmy Jen, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Aquedeon Medical, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by Aquedeon Medical, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/730,138.
Application 16/730,138 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/502,539, filed on Jul. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/906,041, filed on Sep. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0000583 A1, Jan. 7, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/966 (2013.01)
CPC A61F 2/06 (2013.01) [A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/9517 (2020.05); A61F 2002/067 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9505 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9665 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vascular graft deployment tool, comprising:
a grip;
an elongated mandrel positioned distal of the grip;
a vascular graft, at least part of which is disposed coaxially about the mandrel;
a sheath assembly including a distal sheath portion and a proximal sheath portion connected by a center section comprising at least two ribbons, wherein the distal sheath portion and the proximal sheath portion are configured to constrain the vascular graft against the mandrel in an insertion diameter; and
an actuator that is moveable relative to the grip and engages the at least two ribbons of the sheath assembly, wherein operation of the actuator causes at least one of the distal sheath portion and the proximal sheath portion to separate longitudinally to free at least a portion of the vascular graft.