Endovascular graft joint and method for manufacture
US7682475B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 11, 2007 |
| Grant date | Mar 23, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 3, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T156/1002
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A joint and method for producing a joint in an endovascular graft. In one embodiment, a flap of a flexible material portion of an endovascular graft is folded about a portion of an expandable member to form a loop portion. The flap is secured in the loop configuration so that tensile force on the expandable member is transferred into a shear force on the fixed portion of the flap.
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