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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2003
Applicants:
Peter Lyon Harris, Liverpool, GB;
Thien Voon How, Liverpool, GB;
Inventors:
Peter Lyon Harris, Liverpool, GB;
Thien Voon How, Liverpool, GB;
Assignee:
Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/064 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1135 (2013.01); A61F 2002/068 (2013.01); A61F 2230/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vascular prosthesis configured for direct connection to an artery. The vascular prosthesis may include a tube of material other than autologous vascular tissue, having an end formation, which is configured for surgical connection to an opening formed in the artery, and a narrower portion prior to commencement of the end formation. The end formation may have an enlarged chamber adapted to induce a concave section in the blood vessel upon attachment thereto.