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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2000
Christopher E. Banas, Mesa, AZ (US);
Tarun J. Edwin, Chandler, AZ (US);
IMPRA, Inc., a subsidiary of C. R. Bard, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Abstract
An encapsulated stent having a stent or structural support layer sandwiched between two biocompatible flexible layers. One preferred embodiment has a stent cover which includes a tubular shaped stent that is concentrically retained between two tubular shaped grafts comprised of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene. Another preferred embodiment has a stent graft which includes at least one stent sandwiched between the ends of two tubular shaped grafts wherein at least a portion of the grafts are unsupported by the stent. Still another embodiment includes an articulating stented graft which includes a plurality of stents spaced apart from one another at a predetermined distance wherein each stent is contained between two elongated biocompatible tubular members. The graft/stent/graft assemblies all have inseparable layers.