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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2015
Applicant:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Inventors:
Jane K. Bohn, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Cody L. Hartman, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Deenu G. Kanjickal, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Bret J. Kilgrow, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Joseph B. Koenig, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
James J. Nickerson, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Thomas G. Triebes, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Assignee:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61F 2/89 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61F 2/89 (2013.01); A61F 2002/072 (2013.01); A61F 2240/001 (2013.01); A61F 2240/008 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1004 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1068 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1075 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1084 (2013.01);
Abstract
An improved medical device reduces the loss of longitudinal length during expansion of a stent-graft from a compressed state to an expanded state. For example, the stent-graft is placed over a cover that provides resistance to expansion of the balloon during inflation, which reduces longitudinal compressing forces exerted on the stent-graft.