US 12,453,627 B2
Low profile stent graft and delivery system
Jenine S. Vinluan, Petaluma, CA (US); Mary Jane Marston, Windsor, CA (US); Mark E. Purter, Windsor, CA (US); and Riley King, Santa Rosa, CA (US)
Assigned to TriVascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US)
Filed by TriVascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/949,617.
Application 17/949,617 is a continuation of application No. 15/985,572, filed on May 21, 2018, abandoned.
Application 15/985,572 is a continuation of application No. 15/263,469, filed on Sep. 13, 2016, granted, now 9,987,123, issued on Jun. 5, 2018.
Application 15/263,469 is a continuation of application No. 14/923,477, filed on Oct. 27, 2015, granted, now 9,463,101, issued on Oct. 11, 2016.
Application 14/923,477 is a continuation of application No. 13/803,037, filed on Mar. 14, 2013, granted, now 9,192,462, issued on Nov. 24, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/621,038, filed on Apr. 6, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2023/0016361 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/844 (2013.01); A61F 2/848 (2013.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01)
CPC A61F 2/07 (2013.01) [A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/844 (2013.01); A61F 2/848 (2013.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61F 2002/075 (2013.01); A61F 2002/8483 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0076 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0008 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2240/001 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0098 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01)] 19 Claims
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18. A method of manufacturing an endovascular device comprising a stent having peaks, valleys, and eyelets extending from ends of the valleys, and a graft, having a longitudinal axis, a proximal end and a distal end, said graft being connected to the stent, the method comprising:
positioning, in a first configuration, the stent so that a corresponding one of the eyelets overlaps with a surface of the graft, said eyelet being disposed distally of the proximal end of the graft along the longitudinal axis, without contacting a portion of the graft that is to be folded over a concave portion;
looping at least one tether through a through hole of the corresponding one of the eyelets such that it extends along the graft surface; and
folding, in a second configuration, a portion of the graft over a concave portion of a corresponding one of the valleys to cover the corresponding one of the eyelets and a portion of the at least one tether; and securing the portion of the graft on the surface of the graft wherein a proximal edge of the folded portion of the graft is proximal of a portion of the graft that is not folded.