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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2010
Logan R. Hagaman, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Cody L. Hartman, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Russell L. Jacoby, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Roark N. Wolfe, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Logan R. Hagaman, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Cody L. Hartman, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Russell L. Jacoby, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Roark N. Wolfe, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
A method of making a multi-lumen stent graft includes covering a first mandrel that comprises a groove and a back wall of the groove with an innermost polymeric tube; slitting the innermost polymeric tube along the back wall of the groove; placing a second mandrel into the groove of the first mandrel and aligning the second mandrel with the back wall of the groove, deforming the innermost polymeric tube; placing an outermost polymeric tube over the innermost polymeric tube; and cutting an opening in the outermost polymeric tube over the second smaller mandrel, wherein the outermost polymeric tube and innermost polymeric tube comprise a graft member.