| abstract |
(57) SUMMARY Disclosed is a method of locating an endoluminal implant in a branch vessel in a patient's body and a delivery catheter used in the method. The delivery catheter (24) is an elongate catheter, preferably having an inflatable balloon (20) adjacent one end, an endoluminal implant (10) disposed around the balloon (which comprises two short tubular tubes). And a thin auxiliary catheter (25) including a guidewire (26), which extends upstream through a first tubular extension (19a). , Extending downstream through the other short tubular extension (19b) of the implant. The method of positioning an endoluminal implant using a delivery catheter is particularly applicable to properly positioning a trouser-like implant. This is because the trouser graft bridges aneurysms that extend from a single vessel, such as the aorta, to one or more branch vessels, such as the iliac arteries. |