Cook Medical Technologies LLC

Richard J Godlewski

Jeffry Scott Melsheimer

Kurt John Tekulve

Michael W Hardert

Mark Robert Frye

James M Carlson

Jessica L Burke

Shyam S V Kuppurathanam

Tony C Hopkins

Julie E Urbanski

The present embodiments provide a stent-graft for use in a medical procedure that includes a graft having at least first and second reinforced holes disposed in the graft. The first and second reinforced holes may include first and second grommets. In one embodiment, a first stent may be coupled to the graft using at least one suture disposed through the first and second grommets. Alternatively, a first stent may be coupled to the graft, such that the first stent itself is disposed through the first and second grommets. The grommets may include self-sealing properties to reduce leakage around the sutures and/or stent segments that are disposed through the grommets.

Stent-graft comprising at least one reinforced hole

A stent including a stent wire comprising a plurality of filaments twisted into a bundle having a helix, the stent wire bent into a pattern having a plurality of substantially straight wire sections separated by a plurality of bends. The pattern of the stent wire is spirally wound about a central axis in the same direction as the helix formed by the plurality of filaments. Each of the filaments in a bend have a cylindrical cross-section where at least one of the plurality of filaments is displaced and spaced from an immediately adjacent filament in the bend.

Multi-strand helical stent

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Bloomington, IN, United States of America

Richard J Godlewski