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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2004
Peter P. Zilla, Capetown, ZA;
Nasser Rafiee, Andover, MA (US);
Deon Bezuidenhout, Capetown, ZA;
Thomas Franz, Capetown, ZA;
Mark Yeoman, Forest Row, GB;
Hellmut Bowles, Bloubergrant, ZA;
Nareak Douk, Lowell, MA (US);
Michael F. Wolf, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Peter P. Zilla, Capetown, ZA;
Nasser Rafiee, Andover, MA (US);
Deon Bezuidenhout, Capetown, ZA;
Thomas Franz, Capetown, ZA;
Mark Yeoman, Forest Row, GB;
Hellmut Bowles, Bloubergrant, ZA;
Nareak Douk, Lowell, MA (US);
Michael F. Wolf, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Kips Bay Medical, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A venous graft for replacement of a section of an artery and methods of making the graft. The graft comprises a flexible, resilient, generally tubular external support and a vein segment carried within and having an ablumenal surface in contact with and supported by the tubular support, the venous graft being capable of resilient radial expansion in a manner mimicking the radial compliance properties of an artery.