VASCULAR GRAFT DEVICE PLACEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

In another embodiment, a system is provided for positioning a device in an ascending aorta of a patient. The system has a first elongate body, a second elongate body, and a device deployment platform. The first elongate body has a length sufficient to extend from a peripheral venous site to a heart of the patient. The second elongate body comprising a first zone configured to extend through the first elongate body from the peripheral venous site to the heart and a second zone configured to extend from at least a portion of the ascending aorta toward a peripheral arterial site, and optionally out of the body through the peripheral arterial site. The device deployment platform disposed on or in at least one of the first and the second elongate bodies, the deployment zone positioned between an aortic arch and the ascending aorta.