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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Cook Medical Technologies Llc, Bloomington, IN (US);
Inventors:
David D Grewe, Grand Junction, MI (US);
Keith R Milner, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Blayne A Roeder, Bloomington, IN (US);
Steven J Charlebois, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Assignee:
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 2/91 (2013.01); A61L 31/02 (2006.01); A61L 31/10 (2006.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2/89 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/91 (2013.01); A61L 31/022 (2013.01); A61L 31/10 (2013.01); A61F 2/89 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2002/072 (2013.01); A61F 2002/075 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91566 (2013.01); A61F 2220/005 (2013.01); A61F 2240/001 (2013.01); A61L 2420/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of making a stent-graft is provided. The method includes mounting a stent on a mandrel so that the stent is stretched when it is on the mandrel. A graft layer is then adhered to the stent while it is mounted on the mandrel. When the stent-graft is removed from the mandrel, the stent contracts and the graft layer becomes partially wrinkled when the stent is in its expanded relaxed state.