Title:
【発明の名称】織りステント/グラフト構造体
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2002522163
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A combined stent/graft structure for repair of a body tube in a living body. The structure includes a textile graft adapted to enhance fluid integrity of the body tube and a stent expandable between a first position permitting easy insertion of the stent into the body tube and a second position wherein the stent presses securely against the inside surface of the body tube. The stent includes a first elongate wire-shaped stent member with both a stent member global axis and a stent member local axis, and is integrally secured to the graft by at least one graft yarn of which the graft is formed. Substantial portions of the first stent member global axis form a non-orthogonal angle with the graft main portion axis when projected into a plane containing the graft main portion axis. A woven textile is also part of the invention as is a method of manufacturing such a woven textile, which can be used to produce stent/graft structures according to the invention.
Inventors:
Green Hal Yi. Scott
Application Number:
JP2000564564A
Publication Date:
July 23, 2002
Filing Date:
August 04, 1999
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Prodesco Incorporated
International Classes:
D03D1/00; D03D3/02; D03D11/02; D03D13/00; D03J5/00; A61F2/00; A61F2/06; A61F2/90; (IPC1-7): A61M29/02; D03D1/00; D03D3/02
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Eiji Saegusa (8 others)