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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2003
Frank Butaric, Pembroke Pines, FL (US);
Zevulen Fayngold, Northvale, NJ (US);
Durmus Koch, Northvale, NJ (US);
Marc Lewis Ramer, Weston, FL (US);
Frank Butaric, Pembroke Pines, FL (US);
Zevulen Fayngold, Northvale, NJ (US);
Durmus Koch, Northvale, NJ (US);
Marc Lewis Ramer, Weston, FL (US);
Cordis Corporation, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Abstract
In accordance with the present invention there is provided a stent graft for insertion into a body vessel of a patient, the stent graft includes a hollow substantially cylindrical radially expandable stent having a body, two open ends and a longitudinal axis therebetween. The body of the stent is made from a plurality of interconnected struts. The stent graft further includes a graft member attached to the body of the stent, wherein the graft member having a plurality of substantially longitudinally directed pleats disposed thereon. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the graft further includes a plurality of radially oriented pleat interruptions disposed thereon.