Patent Issued for Femoral aortic access modular stent assembly and method (USPTO 11850173).

A patent has been issued for a femoral aortic access modular stent assembly and method by Medtronic Vascular Inc. The invention relates to a device for the treatment of intra-vascular diseases, specifically an intra-vascular stent-graft that can bypass diseased portions of the aorta while allowing blood flow to critical branch arteries. The assembly includes a first modular stent device with a main body, bypass gate, and artery leg, and a second modular stent device that can be coupled to the first device. The method involves deploying the stent devices in the ascending aorta and bypass gate, and deploying bridging stent grafts to perfuse branch vessels. [Extracted from the article]