Vessel prosthesis, particularly for the replacement of aorta...

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2011-04-05

2011-04-05

Sweet, Thomas J (Department: 3738)

Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or ai

Arterial prosthesis

Having pleats

C623S001320, C623S001490

Reexamination Certificate

active

07918885

ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a vessel prosthesis, particularly for the replacement of aorta segments near the heart, in the form of a pleated flexible tube with folds (3), the tube being configured as an arc, and the arc shape being fixed in an extension-resistant manner, in the non-implanted state, by means of extension limiters.

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Kazui Teruhisa, artificial Blood Vessel, machine translated version of jp-2001-161726A provided by AIPN from the JPO, published Jun. 19, 2001.
Office Action issued in the counterpart German Patent Application, Jul. 5, 2010, two (2) pages.

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