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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8057537 | Compliant venous graft A venous graft for replacement of a section of an artery and methods of making the graft. The graft comprises a flexible, resilient, generally tubular external support and a vein segment carried within and having an ablumenal surface in contact with and supported by... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7588597 | Three-dimensional braided structure stent A modular luminal endoprosthesis consisting of a framework, generally called a stent, and more particularly an endoprosthesis for blood vessels. The framework (6) of this stent comprises a plurality of interconnected layers (8, 10, 12), each of these l... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7402174 | Low profile, high stretch, low dilation knit prosthetic device A composite medical device includes a knitted structure having a single layer of yarns to define a single layered wall, where the yarns are interlaced into stitches in a knit pattern capable of resilient longitudinal elongation and resilient radial contraction of th... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7364587 | High stretch, low dilation knit prosthetic device and method for making the same A method for providing dilation resistance to an implantable tubular graft includes the steps of (a) providing a graft having opposed open ends and a textile wall extending in a lengthwise direction therebetween defining a graft diameter, wherein the textile wall ha... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7229473 | Local delivery of rapamycin for treatment of proliferative sequelae associated with PTCA procedures, including delivery using a modified stent Methods of preparing intravascular stents with a polymeric coating containing macrocyclic lactone (such as rapamycin or its analogs), stents and stent graphs with such coatings, and methods of treating a coronary artery with such devices. The macrocyclic lactone-bas... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7223286 | Local delivery of rapamycin for treatment of proliferative sequelae associated with PTCA procedures, including delivery using a modified stent Methods of preparing intravascular stents with a polymeric coating containing macrocyclic lactone (such as rapamycin or its analogs), stents and stent graphs with such coatings, and methods of treating a coronary artery with such devices. The macrocyclic lactone-bas... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7217286 | Local delivery of rapamycin for treatment of proliferative sequelae associated with PTCA procedures, including delivery using a modified stent Methods of preparing intravascular stents with a polymeric coating containing macrocyclic lactone (such as rapamycin or its analogs), stents and stent graphs with such coatings, and methods of treating a coronary artery with such devices. The macrocyclic lactone-bas... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7198638 | Low profile, high stretch, low dilation knit prosthetic device A radially expandable stent-graft endoprosthesis is provided. The graft included in the stent-graft is a knitted tubular structure circumferentially disposed and securably attached to the stent. The knitted tubular structure has a warp knit pattern of interlacing ya... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7115299 | Balloon catheter for delivering therapeutic agents A method for making a drug delivery device, wherein a composition is applied onto a porous inflatable member, the porous inflatable member integrated at a distal end of a catheter-based device, and the composition including a coating material, a first fluid and a se... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7114524 | Fluid flow in tubing There is disclosed a method for configuring or reconfiguring branches in tubing in which the axes of at least two components of the branched structure are arranged askew. ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7112216 | Stent with tapered flexibility A stent comprises a plurality of serpentine circumferential bands, and a plurality of connector columns. Each connector column is located between two adjacent circumferential bands and comprises one or more connector struts. Each connector strut is connected at one ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108716 | Stent-graft with bioabsorbable structural support The invention relates to a stent-graft with a bioabsorbable structure and a permanent graft for luminal support and ‘treatment of arterial fistulas, occlusive disease, and aneurysms. The bioabsorbable structure is formed from braided filaments of materials such as... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7105021 | Implantable textile prostheses having PTFE cold drawn yarns The present invention provides an implantable prosthesis and more specifically, an implantable tubular textile prosthesis comprising a biocompatible fabric having inner and outer surfaces and first and second ends; the fabric having a textile construction comprising... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7063721 | Woven tubing for stent type blood vascular prosthesis and stent type blood vascular prosthesis using the tubing A woven tubing for use in a stent type blood vascular prosthesis which contains a multifilament formed of two–five single filaments in at least part of warps and has the single filaments disposed in single lines, and a stent type blood vascular prosthesis using th... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7011676 | Flat knitted stent and method of making the same A knitted implantable stent having a hollow tubular structure having opposed open ends defining a wall portion therebetween is provided. The wall portion includes an open lattice structure of a plurality of interconnected perimetrically bound cells. The cells are de... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7008397 | Cardiac implant and methods Cardiac implants include a conduit or scaffold having a first therapeutic agent in at least partial covering relation to at least a first portion of the scaffold, and a second therapeutic agent, different from the first therapeutic agent, in at least partial coverin... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7000305 | Method for manufacturing a wire stent coated with a biocompatible fluoropolymer A method for manufacturing a stent includes heating a plurality of wire strands to impart a desired shape to the wire strands, coating each wire strand with a biocompatible polymer in an extruder to produce a plurality of coated wire strands, and interlacing the coa... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6945993 | Stent A radially expandable stent comprising a plurality of spaced band-like elements and intersecting links is disclosed. The band-like elements have a generally serpentine configuration to provide continuous waves of generally sinusoidal character to each band-like elem... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6939372 | Low profile, high stretch, low dilation knit prosthetic device A radially expandable stent-graft endoprosthesis includes a knitted tubular structure circumferentially disposed and securably attached to the stent. The knitted tubular structure has a warp knit pattern of interlacing yarns with at least a two-needle underlap to pr... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6918928 | Medical device for intraluminal endovascular stenting A medical device includes a catheter and a stent mounted on the catheter, the stent having a hollow, cylindrical body made with a plurality of rings. The rings each extend circumferentially around the cylindrical body and include an undulating series of peaks and va... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6554855 | Low profile, high stretch, low dilation knit prosthetic device A radially expandable stent-graft endoprosthesis is provided. The graft included in the stent-graft is a knitted tubular structure circumferentially disposed and securably attached to the stent. The knitted tubular structure has a warp knit pattern of int... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6551352 | Method for attaching axial filaments to a self expanding stent Methods for attaching an axial filament to the body of a self expanding stent, the filament serving to enhance the radial self expanding force of the stent body. Also stents having enhanced radial self expansion characteristics.... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6547820 | High profile fabric graft for arteriovenous access A fabric graft having a high external velour profile is provided. The textile graft may be woven or knitted to form a tubular prosthesis. The high external velour profile is provided by outwardly extending loops ranging from about 1 mm to about 5 mm in le... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6540773 | Low profile, high stretch knit prosthetic device A radially expandable stent-graft endoprosthesis is provided. The graft included in the stent-graft is a knitted tubular structure circumferentially disposed and securably attached to the stent. The knitted tubular structure has a knit pattern of interlac... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6241757 | Stent for expanding body's lumen A stent for expanding a lumen of a body having a structural stability along the length of the stent, as well as a good expandable force. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the stent is made of a single length of a filament and includes ... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6224627 | Remotely removable covering and support The invention creates a thin tubular multiple filament (film or fiber) structure that can hold high internal pressures. When desired, an extension of the filaments can be pulled in any direction to unfurl the structure. This device is useful for self expa... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6192944 | Method of forming a textile member with undulating wire A method of forming a textile having an undulating wire member therein. The method includes forming a wire which exhibits shape memory behavior into an undulating wire member, training the wire to remember its shape, causing the undulating wire member to ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6161399 | Process for manufacturing a wire reinforced monolayer fabric stent A stent is made of a fabric interlaced in a knitting machine. The knitting machine receives a plurality of fabric strands and at least one wire strand from spools and knits them into a tubular fabric stent having at least one reinforcing wire interwoven i... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6113627 | Tubular stent consists of horizontal expansion struts and contralaterally attached diagonal-connectors A circumferentially connected stent in a non-expanded state with a longitudinal axis, including a plurality of expansion struts forming a first expansion column, the first expansion column including a first expansion strut, a second expansion strut and a ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6102941 | Transmyocardial implant with coronary ingrowth The transmyocardial implant for establishing blood flow through the myocardium between a heart chamber and a lumen of a coronary vessel includes a hollow rigid conduit extending between the lumen and the heart chamber. The conduit includes a first portion... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6102938 | Endoluminal prosthetic bifurcation shunt Methods, systems, and devices seal off the branch port of a bifurcated endoluminal prosthesis to transform the bifurcated prosthesis to a single-lumen prosthesis. These methods and devices are available for fallback procedures when the deployment of a bif... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6045568 | Luminal stent, holding structure therefor and device for attaching luminal stent A luminal stent is a tubular body formed by knitting a sole yarn of a bioresorbable polymer fiber, such as fiber of polylactic acid, polyglycol acid or a polylactic acid--polyglycol acid copolymer. When introduced into and attached to the inside of the ve... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5851230 | Vascular graft with a heparin-containing collagen sealant A heparin-collagen dispersion is provided for impregnating a vascular prosthesis with heparin and collagen. The dispersion is prepared at an alkaline pH to allow the addition of heparin without causing the agglutination of collagen from the dispersion. Th... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5732572 | Textile prostheses having particular knit configuration including two-needle overlap stitch The present invention relates to a fabric for the construction of knitted tubular grafts for use in cardiovascular surgery and to methods of manufacturing these grafts. The fabric of the present invention is constructed so that grafts formed from it will ... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5733327 | Stent for liberating drug A stent according to the present invention is adapted to be introduced into a vascular system such as blood vessels. The stent includes a stent body produced by weaving or knitting a fiber containing a drug and made of a low-melting biodegradable polymer ... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5716395 | Prosthetic vascular graft A vascular graft in the form of a tube or flat sheet of biocompatible material having an outer covering of deflectably secured material such as porous film, fibers, discrete pieces of material, or combinations thereof. The vascular graft may be of tubular... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5674276 | Tubular medical prosthesis A tubular prosthesis including a tubular wall portion of loosely interlocked pattern, e.g. of knitted loops, constructed to function within a body lumen. The loops are preferably formed of co-knitted strand materials. A first strand material is a metal st... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5662713 | Medical stents for body lumens exhibiting peristaltic motion A stent for reinforcement of the lumen of a peristaltic organ is formed by knitting preferably a nitinol wire into a pattern of overlapping loops selected such that from a relaxed state each row of loops may shift axially relative to and independently of ... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5476507 | Vascular prostheses A vascular prosthesis is disclosed which excels in expansibility and allows satisfactory attachment thereto of cells and tissues. This vascular prosthesis is obtained by air-jet entangling a mass of yarns containing in at least a part thereof an elastic b... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5456711 | Warp knitted carotid patch having finished selvedged edges A warp knitted vascular patch material, made in specific widths, the selvedges of the material are specially finished on the knitting machine without the introduction of additional threads to give a strong edge which will not fray and give firm support fo... | 10/10/1995 |
