Patent · US Expired

Blood vessel prosthesis

US4416028A · kind A · utility

141Cited by

4References

10Claims

0Family size

Inventors

Ingvar Eriksson · Stockholm, SE
Staffan Bowald · Almunge, SE
Christer Busch · Uppsala, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 22, 1981
Grant date	Nov 22, 1983
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 22, 2001

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2210/0004
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A blood vessel prosthesis, comprising a tubular element of an inert, completely or partially non-resorbable material having no adverse tissue reaction. To the inside of the tubular element an interior wall construction of a resorbable material with no adverse tissue reaction is fixed, which wall construction has such a structure that passage of blood cells, such as erythrocytes and thrombocytes, into or through the same is permitted.

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