METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING AND IMPLANTING A GRAFT

摘要

A method and apparatus of treating an abdominal aortic aneurysm in a patient comprises the steps of providing a deployable tubular graft (12) of length to extend across the aneurysm. The graft is inserted endovascularly through an artery communicating with the aorta to a site within the aorta whereby an insertion end of the graft is positioned adjacent a non-dilated region of the aorta. The graft is deployed such that such insertion end of the graft (12a) is placed against an interior wall of the non-dilated region (40) of the aorta. The graft is held from within the graft against the interior walls of the aorta and while being held, sutures (46, 48) are introduced laparoscopically through a wall of the aorta to the exterior of the graft whereby the graft is sutured to the inner walls of the aorta and the graft.