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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2008
Manuel A. Villafana, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Eric E. Solien, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Michael P. Winegar, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Michael J. Urick, Chaska, MN (US);
Manuel A. Villafana, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Eric E. Solien, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Michael P. Winegar, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Michael J. Urick, Chaska, MN (US);
Kips Bay Medical, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A method for securing a compliant scaffold to an outer surface of a vascular graft includes positioning the scaffold radially about an elongated support tube which includes first and second radially outwardly flared end portions respectively defining first and second open ends of the support tube. The method further includes pulling the vascular graft through a lumen of the support tube, and axially deploying the scaffold over the first end portion of the support tube and into compliant contact with the outer surface of the vascular graft.