US 11,969,369 B2
Staged deployment of expandable implant
Austin A. Byrne, Flagstaff, AZ (US); and Patrick M. Norris, Flagstaff, AZ (US)
Assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US)
Filed by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/475,477.
Application 17/475,477 is a continuation of application No. 16/767,800, granted, now 11,147,698, previously published as PCT/US2017/051081, filed on Sep. 12, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/394,858, filed on Sep. 15, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0000644 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/954 (2013.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/966 (2013.01)
CPC A61F 2/954 (2013.01) [A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/9661 (2020.05); A61F 2002/061 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9665 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An endoprosthesis delivery system comprising:
an expandable endoprosthesis including a side branch portal;
a first primary sleeve releasably constraining at least a first portion of the expandable endoprosthesis toward a collapsed configuration;
a secondary sleeve overlapping with the first primary sleeve, wherein upon release of the first primary sleeve, the secondary sleeve releasably constrains a second portion of the expandable endoprosthesis to a partially expanded configuration allowing access to the side branch portal via the partially expanded portion of the expandable endoprosthesis;
a side branch component configured for delivery through the side branch portal via the partially expanded portion of the expandable endoprosthesis.