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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2004
Applicants:
Tarun J. Edwin, Chandler, AZ (US);
Brendan Mccrea, Ballwin, MO (US);
Christopher E. Banas, San Antonio, TX (US);
Inventors:
Tarun J. Edwin, Chandler, AZ (US);
Brendan McCrea, Ballwin, MO (US);
Christopher E. Banas, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An implantable intraluminal device having a self-expanding stent encapsulated between a first and second seamless ePTFE tube. The implantable intraluminal device has a reduced first diametric dimension and an expanded second diametric dimension, and is adapted to be modeled to the in vivo profile of a receiving anatomical structure through radial expansion of at least a portion thereof to a third diametric dimension greater than the second diametric dimension.