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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2019
Applicant:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Inventors:
Marc A. Schlaud, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Timothy T. Stringer, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Assignee:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61M 1/36 (2006.01); A61L 31/04 (2006.01); A61L 31/06 (2006.01); A61L 31/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61L 31/048 (2013.01); A61L 31/06 (2013.01); A61L 31/10 (2013.01); A61M 1/3655 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0076 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0069 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0036 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0039 (2013.01); A61L 2420/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vascular graft having a sealing layer and a tapered length portion. The sealing layer provides the vascular graft with low bleed characteristics subsequent to a needle puncture such as with a dialysis needle or a suture needle. The sealing layer in the tapered length portion has varying wall thickness along the tapered length portion.