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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2001
David J. Sogard, Edina, MN (US);
Jason P. Hill, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Timothy S. Girton, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Christopher B. Brodeur, Andover, MN (US);
David J. Sogard, Edina, MN (US);
Jason P. Hill, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Timothy S. Girton, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Christopher B. Brodeur, Andover, MN (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a green fluoropolymer tube which has a wall thickness of about 250 microns or less, preferably about 200 microns or less, and more preferably about 125 microns or less. With such thinness, the green tube may be formed into a tube of expanded fluoropolymer having a wall thickness of about 250 microns or less, preferably about 200 μm or less and more preferably about 125 microns or less. Such an expanded fluoropolymer tube is particularly well-suited for use as an endovascular prosthesis, such as a graft, or in a stent-graft, because of its flexibility and strength.