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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2009
Applicant:
Martin Schlun, Herxheim Bei Landau/Pfalz, DE;
Inventor:
Martin Schlun, Herxheim Bei Landau/Pfalz, DE;
Assignee:
C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of making a stent-graft includes providing a self-expanding stent having a collapsed configuration with a first diameter and an expanded configuration with a second diameter greater than the first diameter, the stent including a polymeric coating on at least an inner surface, disposing a graft on a mandrel having a third diameter greater than the second diameter, and contacting an outer surface of the graft with the coated inner surface of the stent, the stent applying a compressive force to the graft.