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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2011
Peter P. Zilla, Cape Town, ZA;
Nasser Rafiee, Andover, MA (US);
Deon Bezuidenhout, Cape Town, ZA;
Thomas Franz, Devils Peak, ZA;
Mark Yeoman, East Sussex, GB;
Hellmut Bowles, Bloubergrant, ZA;
Nareak Douk, Lowell, MA (US);
Michael F Wolf, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Paul Human, Cape Town, ZA;
Peter P. Zilla, Cape Town, ZA;
Nasser Rafiee, Andover, MA (US);
Deon Bezuidenhout, Cape Town, ZA;
Thomas Franz, Devils Peak, ZA;
Mark Yeoman, East Sussex, GB;
Hellmut Bowles, Bloubergrant, ZA;
Nareak Douk, Lowell, MA (US);
Michael F Wolf, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Paul Human, Cape Town, ZA;
Kips Bay Medical, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Stents and methods of using stents are provided. Stents of the invention provide external support structure for a blood vessel segment disposed within, wherein the stents are capable of resilient radial expansion in a manner mimicking the compliance properties of an artery. The stent may be formed of a knitted or braided mesh formed so as to provide the needed compliance properties. A venous graft with the stent and a vein segment disposed within is provided, wherein graft is capable of mimicking the compliance properties of an artery. Methods of selecting stents for downsizing and methods of using the stents of the invention in downsizing and smoothening are provided. Methods of replacing a section of an artery with a venous graft including a stent of the invention are provided. Methods of reducing intimal hyperplasia in implanted vein segment in a venous graft using stents of the invention are provided.