INTRAVASCULAR IMPLANTED PROSTHESIS AND METHOD OF ITS IMPLANTATION Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: prosthesis is intended for installation in region of patient's arterial system bifurcation or near this region, for example for aneurysm recovery or aortas bifurcation. Main body 8 is of bag shape with open proximal end facing the blood flow and distal section of bottom facing the blood flow. Bottom section has two outlet holes 9, 10. It is secured to internal surface of main artery 2 by means of stretching expanding device 11. Legs are made as separate stretching expanding devices 15, 16 which may be introduced in collapsed state through branching arteries into outlet holes 9, 10 of main body, and through wire conductors 13, 14 they may obtain tight contact with edge of respective outlet hole. As a result, forked implanted prosthesis free of blood leakage is provided. EFFECT: simplified operation of implantation. 7 cl, 3 dwg