CPC A61F 2/856 (2013.01) [A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/844 (2013.01); A61F 2/954 (2013.01); A61F 2/966 (2013.01); A61F 2/97 (2013.01); A61F 2002/065 (2013.01); A61F 2002/828 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0091 (2013.01); A61M 25/0082 (2013.01); A61M 25/09 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0175 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09125 (2013.01); A61M 2210/127 (2013.01)] | 8 Claims |
1. A delivery catheter system comprising:
a self-expanding tubular prosthesis having a side opening and configured to be delivered in a linearized arrangement and draped over a delivery body to assume a non-linear configuration over a patient's carina to position the opening at an aorta where the aorta branches into the ipsilateral and contralateral iliac arteries; and
a catheter body having a distal end and a proximal end, wherein the self-expanding tubular prosthesis is mounted over the catheter body so that the prosthesis may be positioned over the carina with a distal portion of the catheter body in the contralateral artery and a proximal portion of the catheter body in the ipsilateral artery; and
a sheath configured to be disposed coaxially over the catheter body to radially constrain the self-expanding tubular prosthesis in the linearized arrangement so that retraction of the sheath allows the tubular prosthesis to expand with the opening centered at the aorta.
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