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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2008
Applicants:
Tarun J. Edwin, Chandler, AZ (US);
Brendan Mccrea, Ballwin, MO (US);
Christopher E. Banas, Mesa, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Tarun J. Edwin, Chandler, AZ (US);
Brendan McCrea, Ballwin, MO (US);
Christopher E. Banas, Mesa, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 45/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for making an encapsulated stent includes providing a first seamless unsintered ePTFE tube, providing a second seamless sintered ePTFE tube, positioning a self-expanding stent between the first and second ePTFE tubes to form an assembly, and joining the first ePTFE tube to the second ePTFE tube through openings in a wall of the stent by applying first pressure, and then heat, to the assembly.