ENDOSCOPIC ANEURYSM REPAIR

Provided are a method and apparatus for installing an endograft stent in an aorta, including placing the endograft stent in an aneurysm sac of the aorta with a long limb of the endograft stent in a first iliac artery of the aorta; inserting an angled end of an ipsilateral sheath into the long limb, through the first iliac artery, wherein the ipsilateral sheath houses a first wire, and wherein a first magnet is secured to an end of the first wire and positioned at an opening of the angled end of the ipsilateral sheath; pushing the first magnet out of the opening of the angled end of the ipsilateral sheath, by pushing the first wire through the ipsilateral sheath from an other end of the ipsilateral sheath, such that the first magnet exits the endograft stent through a gate; inserting a short sheath into aneurysm sac through a second iliac artery, wherein the short sheath houses a second wire, and wherein a second magnet is secured to an end of the second wire and positioned at an opening of the short sheath inside the aneurysm sac; and coupling the first magnet to the second magnet such that the gate is aligned with the second iliac artery.