IP Library Granted Patent US 11,013,591
Granted Patent B2
US 11,013,591 · App. 15/774,511 · Granted May 25, 2021

Systems and methods with stent and filling structure

Inventors: Carlos Ortega (Irvine, CA); Ryan Goff (Houston, TX); Aric Stone (Newport Beach, CA); Eric Noda (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA)
Assignee: Endologix LLC
A61F2/07A61F2002/065A61F2002/072A61F2002/077A61F2210/0085
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Patent No.
US 11,013,591
App. No.
15/774,511
Granted
May 25, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system includes a filling structure deployable at least partially in a common iliac artery and an external iliac artery, and a scaffold positioned within a first lumen of the filling structure. The scaffold has a fenestration in a side of the scaffold that is positionable toward an internal iliac artery. The filling structure has a second lumen extending from the first lumen and positionable toward the internal iliac artery. A method includes deploying a filling structure at least partially in a common iliac artery and an external iliac artery and positioning a scaffold within a lumen of the filling structure such that a fenestration in a side of the scaffold is positioned toward an internal iliac artery.

Claims (59)

1. A system, comprising:

a filling structure deployable at least partially in a common iliac artery and an external iliac artery;

wherein the filling structure has a first lumen and a second lumen, the second lumen extending from the first lumen in the filling structure and configured to be positioned toward an internal iliac artery; and

a scaffold positionable within the first lumen of the filling structure, the scaffold having a fenestration in a side of the scaffold that is configured to be positioned toward an internal iliac artery.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second scaffold configured to be positioned within the second lumen.

3. The system of claim 2 ,

wherein the second scaffold is configured to be inserted into the fenestration in the side of the scaffold.

4. The system of claim 1 ,

wherein a first portion of the filling structure is configured to be located in at least a portion of the common iliac artery upon deployment of the filling structure;

wherein a second portion of the filling structure is configured to be located in at least a portion of the external iliac artery upon deployment of the filling structure; and

wherein a third portion of the filling structure is configured to be located in at least a portion of the internal iliac artery upon deployment of the filling structure.

5. The system of claim 1 ,

wherein the first lumen of the filling structure extends from a first end of the filling structure that is positionable to face an aorta to a second end of the filling structure that is positionable in the external iliac artery.

6. The system of claim 5 ,

wherein the second lumen of the filling structure extends from a side of the first lumen of the filling structure to a third end of the filling structure that is configured to be positioned in the internal iliac artery.

7. The system of claim 1 ,

wherein the fillable structure is configured to be inflated with a filling medium.

8. The system of claim 3 ,

wherein the fenestration in the side of the scaffold is larger than an expanded diameter of the second scaffold.

9. The system of claim 8 ,

wherein the filling structure is expandable to provide a seal around the second scaffold when the second scaffold is located within the fenestration in the side of the scaffold and the filling structure is inflated with a filling medium.

10. The system of claim 1 ,

wherein the scaffold is attached to an inner surface of the first lumen.

11. The system of claim 1 ,

wherein a length of a second scaffold that is configured to be inserted into the fenestration in the side of the scaffold has a length that is greater than a length of the second lumen.

12. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a radiopaque marker located next to the fenestration of the scaffold.

13. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a wire configured to extend through the fenestration in the side of the scaffold to the internal iliac artery.

14. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a balloon that is configured to be inflated within the second lumen of the filling structure and that is removable from the second lumen.

15. A method, comprising:

deploying a filling structure at least partially in a common iliac artery and an external iliac artery;

wherein the filling structure has a first lumen and a second lumen therein, the second lumen extending from the first lumen in the filling structure;

positioning the second lumen toward an internal iliac artery; and

positioning a scaffold within the first lumen of the filling structure such that a fenestration in a side of the scaffold is positioned toward an internal iliac artery

wherein the fenestration is configured to receive a second scaffold.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

inserting a second scaffold into the fenestration in the side of the scaffold such that at least a portion of the second scaffold extends into the internal iliac artery.

17. The method of claim 15 ,

wherein, upon deployment of the filling structure, a first portion of the filling structure is located in at least a portion of the common iliac artery, a second portion of the filling structure is located in at least a portion of the external iliac artery, and a third portion of the filling structure is located in at least a portion of the internal iliac artery.

18. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

positioning a wire through the fenestration in the side of the scaffold and into the internal iliac artery.

19. The method of claim 18 ,

wherein the positioning of the wire is performed by a catheter passing over an aortic bifurcation.

20. A system, comprising:

a filling structure that is bifurcated;

wherein the filling structure has a first lumen that extends from a first end to a second end of the filling structure; and

wherein the filling structure has a second lumen that extends from a side of the first lumen to a third end of the filling structure wherein a first scaffold positioned in the first lumen of the filling structure and having a fenestration in a side of the first scaffold that is positioned toward the second lumen of the filling structure.

21. The system of claim 20 , further comprising:

a first scaffold positioned in the first lumen of the filling structure and having a fenestration in a side of the first scaffold that is positioned toward the second lumen of the filling structure; and

a second scaffold positioned in the second lumen of the filling structure and extending through the fenestration in the side of the first scaffold.

22. The system of claim 20 ,

wherein a first portion of the filling structure is configured to be located in at least a portion of a common iliac artery upon deployment of the filling structure;

wherein a second portion of the filling structure is configured to be located in at least a portion of an external iliac artery upon deployment of the filling structure; and

wherein a third portion of the filling structure is configured to be located in at least a portion of an internal iliac artery upon deployment of the filling structure.

23. The system of claim 1 , wherein the filling structure comprises a single continuous volume from a first end to a second end of the filling structure.

24. The system of claim 1 , wherein the filling structure comprises a volume, and the first and second lumen extend through said volume.

Assignments (7)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2021
From: ENDOLOGIX LLC
To: SILICON VALLEY BANK
Reel/Frame 055794/0911 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 2, 2020
From: ENDOLOGIX LLC (F/K/A ENDOLOGIX, INC.); NELLIX, INC.; TRIVASCULAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; TRIVASCULAR, INC.; TRIVASCULAR CANADA, LLC
To: DEERFIELD PRIVATE DESIGN FUND IV, L.P.
Reel/Frame 053971/0052 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 2, 2020
From: ENDOLOGIX, INC.
To: ENDOLOGIX LLC
Reel/Frame 053971/0135 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2020
From: ENDOLOGIX, INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 052918/0530 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2018
From: ORTEGA, CARLOS; GOFF, RYAN; STONE, ARIC; NODA, ERIC
To: ENDOLOGIX, INC.
Reel/Frame 047582/0892 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2018
From: ENDOLOGIX, INC.; NELLIX, INC.; TRIVASCULAR, INC.
To: DEERFIELD PRIVATE DESIGN FUND IV, L.P., AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 046772/0933 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2018
From: ENDOLOGIX, INC.; NELLIX, INC.; TRIVASCULAR, INC.
To: DEERFIELD ELGX REVOLVER, LLC, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 046762/0169 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62382207 · Aug 31, 2016
Related Publication 20200253710A1 · Aug 13, 2020