W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

Wayne D. House

Edward H. Cully

Michael J. Vonesh

Jeffrey B. Duncan

Keith M. Flury

Vrad W. Levering

Paul D. Goodman

Jason M. Wiersdorf

Philip P. Off

Daniel M. O'shea

Philip P Off

Edward H Cully

Michael J Vonesh

Jeffrey B Duncan

Wayne D House

Paul D Goodman

Keith M Flury

Jason M Wiersdorf

Vrad W Levering

Daniel M O'Shea

Daniel M O'shea

Charles J Flynn

Charles F White

Ted R Farnsworth

Roy Biran

A self-expanding stent-graft provided in a diametrically compacted state for implantation and retained preferably by a constraining sheath, useful for the temporary or permanent repair of injured, partially or entirely transected body conduits including blood vessels. It may be used under direct visualization to quickly stop or substantially reduce loss of blood from such damaged vessels and to quickly re-establish perfusion distal to the injury site. The device would typically be implanted under emergency room conditions but also be used in field situations by trained medical technicians. After an end of the device is inserted into a blood vessel through the injury access, deployment preferably initiates from the device end in a direction moving toward the middle of the length of the device by directionally releasing the constraining sheath. In a preferred embodiment, the two opposing ends of the device are individually deployable from the compacted, small diameter intended for insertion into a vessel, to the larger diameter at which they fit interferably into a portion of the vessel.

Device for rapid repair of body conduits

The present invention is directed to implantable bioabsorbable non-woven self-cohered web materials having a high degree of porosity. The web materials are very supple and soft, while exhibiting proportionally increased mechanical strength in one or more directions. The web materials often possess a high degree of loft. The web materials can be formed into a variety of shapes and forms suitable for use as implantable medical devices or components thereof. The web materials possess haemostatic properties.

Highly porous self-cohered web materials having haemostatic properties

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