| CPC A61F 2/856 (2013.01) [A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2002/061 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0098 (2013.01)] | 24 Claims |

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1. A system, comprising:
a) a graft (361), the graft having an interior and an outer surface, and includes flap portions (369) formed in a side of the graft (361) defining a pilot hole (365) and cuts (367); and
b) a ring-shaped patch (340) that defines an internal edge and is coupled to an area of the graft surrounding the flap portions;
c) wherein the graft is an endograft; and
d) an outer patch that is coupled to the flap portions and to the ring-shaped patch, thereby further securing the flap portions in place.
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