摘要:
A generally tubular braided flow diverting stent is formed of alternating round and rectangular elongated members, for treatment of aneurysms. The generally tubular braided flow diverting stent maintains a significant wall thickness while increasing area coverage of a vessel wall. Sliding of the round elongated members over the rectangular elongated members allows the stent to be crimped to very low diameters for delivery in narrow portions of the vasculature.
摘要:
A stent/stent graft for reinforcement of vascular abnormalities and an associated method are provided. According to on embodiment, the stent/stent graft includes a flexible tubular structure comprising proximal and distal ends and having a heat set configuration. The tubular structure is configured to engage a lumen upstream and downstream of a vascular abnormality, such as an aneurysm, and a portion between the proximal and distal ends of the tubular structure is configured to engage the aneurysm.
摘要:
A medical balloon with a variable diameter that is reinforced with continuous fibers woven to form a fabric with a varying number of layers and fiber densities. Portions of the balloon having a relatively smaller diameter are reinforced with a fabric having a reduced fiber density and an increased number of layers to facilitate the placement of the layers. The fabric also includes a braiding pattern that facilitates the transition from a single layer fabric to a multiple layer fabric. Also described is a manufacturing method for the braiding and layering.
摘要:
The invention relates to a medical device having an expandable braided mesh (10) consisting of wires (11, 12) which cross over one another and which form loops (13, 14) on at least one long end (15) of the braided mesh (10). The invention is characterised in that a first wire (11) forms a first loop (13) and a second wire (12) forms a second loop (14), wherein the first loop (13) and the second loop (14) are congruent with one another at least in sections in an expanded state of the braided mesh (10) and are disposed spaced apart from one another in a compressed state of the braided mesh (10).
摘要:
The invention relates to an implant (1) for blood vessels, in particular for influencing the blood flow in the area of arteriovenous defects, with a wall made up of individual filaments (2), which are brought together to form a substantially tubular mesh that extends in an axial direction from a proximal end to a distal end, wherein the individual filaments (2) cross one another and form intersections (3) with one another, wherein the implant (1) is deformable in such a way that, in an insertion catheter, it adopts a shape with a reduced diameter and, at the site of implantation, expands to adapt to the diameter of the blood vessel, wherein the filament ends are in each case brought together at least in pairs at the proximal and/or distal end of the mesh and are permanently interconnected, wherein the interconnected filament ends are shaped to be atraumatic, and wherein the filaments (2) crossing one another at the intersections (3) lying distally from the filament ends are connected directly or indirectly to one another at the proximal end (10) of the implant (1). This ensures that the implant (1), after release, also expands at the proximal end as far as the vessel walls, and the filament ends do not protrude into the vessel lumen.
摘要:
Disclosed herein is a stent graft (10, 10a, 10b, 20, 30, 30a, 40) as a repairing material for lumens such as aorta and other blood vessels and trachea) of a living body. It includes warp yarns (14) of plastic material and weft yarns (12, 42) including filaments of at least one of shape-memory plastic, shape-memory alloy, and super-elastic metal, the warp yarns and weft yarns being interwoven into a tubular shape such that the weft yarns (12, 42) extend in the circumferential direction and the warp yarns (14) extend in the axial direction, with either or both of the warp yarns (14) and weft yarns (12, 42) being formed from yarns capable of swelling by body liquid or from yarns with coating (16) capable of swelling by body fluid.
摘要:
A tubular tissue graft device is provided comprising a tubular tissue and a restrictive fiber matrix of a bioerodible polymer about a circumference of the tubular tissue. The matrix may be electrospun onto the tubular tissue. In one embodiment, the tubular tissue is from a vein, such as a saphenous vein, useful as an arterial graft, for example and without limitation, in a coronary artery bypass procedure. Also provided is method of preparing a tubular graft comprising depositing a fiber matrix of a bioerodible polymer about a perimeter of a tubular tissue to produce a tubular tissue graft device. A cardiac bypass method comprising bypassing a coronary artery with a tubular tissue graft device comprising a vein and a restrictive fiber matrix of a bioerodible polymer about a circumference of the vein also is provided.
摘要:
An endoluminal prosthesis having a tubular graft comprising a first biocompatible material having a first weave density comprising yarns aligned in a first direction interwoven with yarns aligned in a second direction, and a second biocompatible material having a second weave density less than the first weave density comprising yarns aligned in a first direction interwoven with yarns aligned in a second direction, the second biocompatible material spirally positioned throughout the entire length of the tubular graft around a central axis with respect to the first biocompatible material. An elongate member is attached along the length of the tubular graft. The tubular graft includes first regions comprising the first biocompatible material and second regions containing the second biocompatible material. The elongate member is attached to the first regions of the tubular graft.
摘要:
A fabric can comprise yarns comprising less than about 30 denier total and less than about 10 denier per filament; a density of greater than about 177 yarns per m2; and a thickness of less than about 3.2 mil. The fabric can further comprises a weight of less than about 60 g/m2. The fabric can have performance characteristics equivalent to or greater than those in conventional implantable fabrics. A method of making such a fabric can include twisting together filaments into a multifilament yarn; passing adjacent yarns into a loom in parallel so as to allow the yarns to be woven together more closely; maintaining a consistent tension on the yarns during placement of the yarns on a loom beam and during weaving; and or subjecting the fabric to increased heat and pressure so as to compress the yarns more tightly.