Textile vessel prosthesis, process for its production and apparatus for its production

US6053938A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Aesculap AG & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Helmut Goldmann · Tuttlingen, DE
• Helmut Waldert · Homberg (Efze), DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 21, 1995
• Grant date: Apr 25, 2000
• Expiry date: Aug 21, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2/06
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a conical, textile vessel prosthesis made from textile material transformed by elastic expansion and fixing and/or by the shrinkage of shrinkable wall material, starting from a cylindrical tubular fabric, into a conical shape. The prosthesis preferably has a pleating.