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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2006
Michael S. Williams, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Richard A. Glenn, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Jeffrey A. Smith, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Kevin D. Holbrook, Windsor, CA (US);
Joseph M. Desimone, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Michael S. Williams, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Richard A. Glenn, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Jeffrey A. Smith, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Kevin D. Holbrook, Windsor, CA (US);
Joseph M. DeSimone, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
SyneCor, LLC, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
A woven tubular endoprosthesis comprising means for locking the endoprosthesis in a deployed configuration is disclosed. The means for locking the endoprosthesis may comprise locking protrusions, notches, a chemical bond, a curable bond, or other mechanism. The woven fibers comprising the endoprosthesis may be hollow and comprise circumferentially oriented polymeric chains, and may be filled with a curable material. A method of treatment using an endoprosthesis according to the invention is also disclosed.