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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2003
Applicants:
Amie Smirthwaite, Didcot, GB;
Duncan Keeble, Didcot, GB;
Peter William Philips, Didcot, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Anson Medical, Ltd., , GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/86 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/89 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0039 (2013.01); A61F 2/89 (2013.01); A61F 2002/075 (2013.01);
Abstract
A stent graft is provided which has two stent sections having different functions on, for example, a tubular graft. One stent section preferably comprises a plurality of circumferential reinforcing hoops and the other a Z-stent. The two sections are preferably separated by a spacer section and the tubular graft preferably increases in diameter from the Z-stent section to the hooped section. This enables the stent graft to be compressed radially so that it can be inserted in a catheter for later delivery to a body lumen.