Woven textile vascular prosthesis

US8728151B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Aesculap AG · DE

Inventors

• Helmut Goldmann · Tuttlingen, DE
• Christof Merckle · Mannheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 15, 2008
• Grant date: May 20, 2014
• Expiry date: May 4, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC D): Textiles; Paper
• CPC primary: D10B2509/06
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A woven textile vascular prosthesis including a tubular trunk and at least one fork, each fork having an apex located between outgoing tubular branches with a small diameter, wherein at least a portion of a wall of the prosthesis in a zone of the apex is woven more densely than in other zones having an original weave construction.