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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2006
Applicants:
Jia Hua Xiao, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Matthew Rust, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jia Hua Xiao, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Matthew Rust, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/89 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2002/061 (2013.01); A61F 2/89 (2013.01); A61F 2250/006 (2013.01); A61F 2/064 (2013.01);
Abstract
A stent-graft includes a short tube graft and patch located inside of a primary graft. The patch forms a smooth and reliably sealed transition between the primary graft and the short tube graft. Accordingly, the disruption to fluid, e.g., blood, flowing through the lumen of the primary graft by the short tube graft is minimal. Further, the patch supports the inner end of the short tube graft. Thus, the patch, the short tube graft and the primary graft form a stable three-dimensional structure.