Prosthesis (i.e. – artificial body members) – parts thereof – or ai – Implantable prosthesis
Patent
1995-03-10
2000-09-26
Dawson, Glenn K.
Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or ai
Implantable prosthesis
623 1, 606191, A61F 202
Patent
active
061245232
ABSTRACT:
An encapsulated stent including a stent or structural support layer sandwiched between two biocompatible flexible layers. One preferred embodiment has a stent cover which includes a tubular shaped stent that is concentrically retained between two tubular shaped grafts of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene. Another preferred embodiment has a stent graft which includes at least one stent sandwiched between the ends of two tubular shaped grafts wherein at least a portion of the grafts are unsupported by the stent. Still another embodiment includes an articulating stented graft which includes a plurality of stents spaced apart from one another at a predetermined distance wherein each stent is contained between two elongated biocompatible tubular members. The graft/stent/graft assemblies all have inseparable layers.
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Banas Christopher E.
Edwin Tarun J.
Dawson Glenn K.
Impra, Inc.
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