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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2012
Tarun J. Edwin, Chandler, AZ (US);
Rajagopal R. Kowligi, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Brendan Mccrea, Ballwin, MO (US);
Christopher E. Banas, Mesa, AZ (US);
Tarun J. Edwin, Chandler, AZ (US);
Rajagopal R. Kowligi, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Brendan McCrea, Ballwin, MO (US);
Christopher E. Banas, Mesa, AZ (US);
Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Abstract
A method for forming a self-expanding stent-graft, including coupling a shape memory member to a polymer cladding to form a polymer clad member, disposing a length of the polymer clad member in an overlapping helical manner about a longitudinal axis, joining and sealing adjacent overlapping regions of the polymer clad member to form a stent-graft, manipulating the stent-graft from a first diameter to a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, and loading the stent-graft into a restraining sheath at the second diameter, the restraining sheath preventing expansion of the stent-graft from the second diameter to the first diameter.