Advanced kink resistant stent graft
US9993328B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 14, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jun 12, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 25, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49927
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Stent-grafts for treating thoracic aortic aneurysms and abdominal aortic aneurysms include graft portions having inflatable channels and graft extensions. The graft extensions include an undulating wire stent and porous, but substantially fluid impermeable, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) graft materials.
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