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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1988
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1986
Kazuaki Kira, Kobe, JP;
Kanegafuchi Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An artificial vessel having an excellent patency, wherein the vessel wall is made of an elastomer having a porous structure and the contact surface with blood has pores with a mean diameter of from 1 to 100 .mu.m and holes with a mean diameter of from 0.01 to 10 .mu.m. The artificial vessel may also be reinforced with tubular material made of fiber or with heat-set tubular material made of fiber so that the vessel has a stress-strain curve approximate to that of a vital vessel or the vessel can be subjected to sterilization by boiling or by high-pressure steam. The artificial vessel has the porosity, contact surface with blood suited for encapsulation, and an excellent patency as well as a compliance approximate to that of a vital vessel.
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