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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2019
Cook Medical Technologies, Llc, Bloomington, IN (US);
Chantelle King, Queensland, AU;
Ryan Bradway, Lafayette, IN (US);
Jarin Kratzberg, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Kevin Wilger, Lafayette, IN (US);
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Abstract
A stent-graft comprises: a graft defining an elongate lumen having a longitudinal axis; an external stent having a plurality of struts and apices between the struts, the apices including proximal apices and distal apices; a set of proximal sutured knots, the proximal sutured knots securing the proximal apices of the stent to the graft; a set of distal sutured knots, the distal sutured knots securing the distal apices of the stent to the graft; and a plurality of intermediate sutured knots, formed along a continuous suture, the continuous suture including a plurality of bridging portions, the bridging portions bridging between neighbouring struts of the stent, the intermediate sutured knots securing struts of the stent to the graft.