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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
May. 01, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Geoffrey H. White, East Balmain, New South Wales, AU;
Weiyun Yu, Five Dock, New South Wales, AU;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/02 ;
Abstract
An intraluminal graft includes a tubular graft body extending along a cylindrical axis, a plurality of wires spaced apart from each other and arranged to circumferentially reinforce said tubular graft body along a substantial portion of its length, and a body surface including an inner surface region and an outer surface region. The body surface defines a plurality of apertures extending from an exterior space, and a first portion of a first wire is in the interior space while a second portion of the first wire is in the exterior space.