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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
May. 08, 2006
Applicants:
Tarun J. Edwin, Chandler, AZ (US);
Rajagopal R. Kowligi, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Brendan Mccrea, Ballwin, AZ (US);
Christopher E. Banas, Breckenridge, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Tarun J. Edwin, Chandler, AZ (US);
Rajagopal R. Kowligi, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Brendan McCrea, Ballwin, AZ (US);
Christopher E. Banas, Breckenridge, AZ (US);
Assignee:
C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for forming a self-expanding stent-graft. The method includes coupling a shape memory member to a polymer cladding to form a polymer clad member, winding a length of the polymer clad member about a mandrel so that the polymer cladding has overlapping regions that form seams, and heating the wound polymer clad member to join and seal the overlapping regions to one another.