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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:
Aug. 27, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Charlesworth, Knutsford, GB;
Christopher J Underwood, Denton, GB;
Kerm S Chian, Singapore, SG;
Assignee:
PolyMedica Industries, Inc., , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264139 ; 264 49 ; 264154 ; 264302 ;
Abstract
A vascular prosthesis is formed from a luminate vessel by precipitating onto the vessel a sheet of polymer from a solution including an organic solvent and precipitable polymer, and forming an aperture in the sheet, the aperture communicating with the lumen of the vessel.