US 12,433,736 B2
Thoracic aorta stent graft
David Ernest Hartley, Wannanup (AU)
Assigned to Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US)
Filed by Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/067,821.
Application 18/067,821 is a continuation of application No. 16/900,014, filed on Jun. 12, 2020, granted, now 11,529,225.
Application 16/900,014 is a continuation of application No. 16/511,516, filed on Jul. 15, 2019, granted, now 10,779,931, issued on Sep. 22, 2020.
Application 16/511,516 is a continuation of application No. 16/287,239, filed on Feb. 27, 2019, granted, now 10,485,651, issued on Nov. 26, 2019.
Application 16/287,239 is a continuation of application No. 15/593,715, filed on May 12, 2017, granted, now 10,231,822, issued on Mar. 19, 2019.
Application 15/593,715 is a continuation of application No. 13/576,348, granted, now 9,649,188, issued on May 16, 2017, previously published as PCT/US2011/024148, filed on Feb. 9, 2011.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/302,586, filed on Feb. 9, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2023/0118608 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 2/856 (2013.01); A61F 2/89 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2/954 (2013.01)
CPC A61F 2/07 (2013.01) [A61F 2002/061 (2013.01); A61F 2002/075 (2013.01); A61F 2002/826 (2013.01); A61F 2/856 (2013.01); A61F 2/89 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2/954 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0039 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stent graft for placement in a vessel of a patient, the stent graft comprising:
a tubular body, the tubular body having a first end, a second end, a main lumen therethrough, and a sidewall from the first end to the second end;
a plurality of stents along the tubular body, including a first stent and a second stent adjacent the first stent;
a first shaped region in the tubular body, the first shaped region defining a first recess of graft material that extends into the main lumen of the tubular body;
a second shaped region in the tubular body, the second shaped region defining a second recess of graft material that extends into the main lumen of the tubular body, wherein the first shaped region and the second shaped region share a common border;
a third shaped region in the tubular body, the third shaped region defining a third recess of graft material that extends into the main lumen of the tubular body, wherein the third shaped region is disposed distally of the first and the second shaped regions;
a first fenestration in the first shaped region, a second fenestration in the second shaped region, a third fenestration in the third shaped region, each of the first, second, and third fenestrations opening into the main lumen of the tubular body;
a first graft tube leading from the first fenestration into the main lumen, a second graft tube leading from the second fenestration into the main lumen, and a third graft tube leading from the third fenestration into the main lumen.