Radially expandable vascular graft with resistance to longitudinal compression and method of making same
US5628786A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 12, 1995 |
| Grant date | May 13, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/31544
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A microporous polytetrafluoroethylene ("PTFE") endovascular graft which has a reinforcing structure integrally bound to the graft which permits radial expansion of the graft and stabilizes the graft against longitudinal compression upon application of an axial force thereto and against axial foreshortening upon radial expansion of the graft. The graft is particularly useful as a covering for an endovascular stent.
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