BRANCH STENT GRAFT DEPLOYMENT AND METHOD

摘要

A deployment system for introducing stent grafts which have a side arm or in to which a side arm can be deployed. For instance the stent graft can be deploy ed into the thoracic arch of a patient. The deployment system including an introducer (1), an auxiliary catheter (13) disposed within the introducer an d an auxiliary guide wire (14) disposed within the auxiliary catheter. The auxiliary guide wire extends to adjacent the proximal end (6) of the introducer an can be extended from the proximal end of the introducer so tha t it can be snared from a side branch artery (56) to assist with deployment of a side arm (23) of the stent graft into the side artery or for the deployment of a side arm stent graft into the stent graft.