| US 7,540,879 B2 | ||
| Endolumenal device for delivering and deploying an endolumenal expandable prosthesis | ||
| Alessandro Loaldi, Milan (Italy) | ||
| Assigned to E.V.R. Endovascular Researches S.A., Luxembourg (Luxembourg) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/204,251 PCT Filed Dec. 19, 2000, PCT No. PCT/EP00/12964 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Nov. 26, 2002, PCT Pub. No. WO01/60284, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 23, 2001. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 00200572 (EP), filed on Feb. 18, 2000. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2003/0187494 A1, Oct. 02, 2003 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61F 2/06 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 623—1.11 [623/1.35] | 37 Claims |
| 33. Endolumenal device for delivering an endolumenal expandable prosthesis at a bifurcation provided with a main conduit and
at least a secondary conduit, comprising:
an elongated body having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the distal end portion of said elongated body comprising
an expandable portion having a proximal end and a distal end, the expandable portion being engageable with the endolumenal
expandable prosthesis and adapted to adjust said prosthesis from a radially collapsed condition to a radially expanded condition;
a guidewire tracking device at least partially extending along said elongated body, said guidewire tracking device comprising
at least one guidewire lumen having a central longitudinal axis and a plurality of guidewire ports opening from the lumen
to an outside of the endolumenal device to communicate with a blood vessel in use, said guidewire ports suitable for slipping
therethrough a guidewire placeable with its distal portion in said main or at least a secondary conduit,
said expandable portion being disposed on one side of the central longitudinal axis of the lumen and the plurality of guidewire
ports are disposed on another side of the longitudinal axis opposite the expandable portion; and
wherein at least two of the guidewire ports are located between the proximal and distal ends of the expandable portion.
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