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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2006
Filed:
May. 08, 2002
Applicant:
Anthony Walter Anson, Hounslow, GB;
Inventor:
Anthony Walter Anson, Hounslow, GB;
Assignee:
Anson Medical Ltd, , GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tubular graft/stent includes a tubular sheath () having at intervals along its length a plurality of ring-like rigid members (), which are attached to the sheath around their respective circumferences and are made of a shape memory material, so that when the members () change shape the sheath () adopts a new cross section in conformity with them along its whole length. The members may be discontinuous to allow the adoption of a contracted shape in the martensitic phase and an expanded shape in the austenitic phase. A graft may also have a side tube () which can be inverted so as to be housed within the sheath.