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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1996
Edward A McDonald, Irvine, CA (US);
Robert Rosenbluth, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Rodney Brenneman, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
Cardiovascular Dynamics, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a tubular prosthesis formed by rolling a perforated sheet around a longitudinal axis. Preferably, the prosthesis is self expandable under the radially outwardly directed spring bias of the rolled sheet. The perforations in the sheet are configured to provide throughholes in the wall of the multilayer prosthesis, when the prosthesis is in the implanted diameter within a vessel. The throughholes are configured to facilitate neointimal cell growth, and in a preferred embodiment, to minimize roll bias in the prosthesis as it is expanded from its reduced, insertion diameter to its expanded, implanted diameter. The prosthesis may be used as a graft or a stent.