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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2009
Walter Bruszewski, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Peggy Grills, Hidden Valley Lake, CA (US);
Frank Harewood, Ballybrit, IE;
Lana Woolley, Ballybrit, IE;
Walter Bruszewski, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Peggy Grills, Hidden Valley Lake, CA (US);
Frank Harewood, Ballybrit, IE;
Lana Woolley, Ballybrit, IE;
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
An endovascular prosthesis includes a tubular body and a mobile external coupling. The tubular body includes a graft material and stents coupled thereto, a forms a lumen therethrough. The mobile external coupling extends outwardly from the tubular body. The mobile external coupling includes a graft material and is generally frustoconically shaped. The mobile external coupling includes a base coupled to the tubular body, a top spaced from the tubular body, and a coupling lumen disposed between the base and the top, wherein the coupling lumen is in flow communication with the body lumen. The coupling graft material is a woven fabric with warp yarn which run generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the mobile external coupling including a shape memory material.