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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1999
Applicants:
Peter Phillips, Abingdon, GB;
Julian Ellis, Nottingham, GB;
Alan Mcleod, Somerset, GB;
Gail Beaton, Oxon, GB;
Peter Butcher, Nottingham, GB;
Inventors:
Peter Phillips, Abingdon, GB;
Julian Ellis, Nottingham, GB;
Alan McLeod, Somerset, GB;
Gail Beaton, Oxon, GB;
Peter Butcher, Nottingham, GB;
Assignees:
Bridport (UK) Limited, Dorset, GB;
Anson Medical Limited, Abingdon, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F002/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A graft is provided with a flexible sheet of graft material to which is sewn a reinforcing wire, preferably of shape-memory alloy. Sewing of the wire is carried out while the sheet is substantially planar, thus by conventional embroidery machines. The sheet is subsequently rolled into a tubular shape.