公开(公告)号：US20070106300A1

公开(公告)日：2007-05-10

申请号：US11268928

申请日：2005-11-08

申请人： Jack Auld ,  Michael Zica ,  Chris McCollam

发明人： Jack Auld ,  Michael Zica ,  Chris McCollam

IPC分类号： A61F9/00

CPC分类号： A61F9/00736 ,  A61M5/343

摘要： A thin gauge surgical probe having a retractable reinforcing sleeve. The retractable sleeve helps to Protect the thin probe from bending during shipment and use.

摘要翻译： 一种具有伸缩式加强套管的薄型手术探针。 可伸缩套筒有助于在装运和使用过程中保护薄型探头免受弯曲。

公开(公告)号：US06863686B2

公开(公告)日：2005-03-08

申请号：US09912006

申请日：2001-07-24

申请人： Donald Shannon ,  John McIntyre ,  Chris Kuo ,  Chris McCollam ,  Robert Peterson

发明人： Donald Shannon ,  John McIntyre ,  Chris Kuo ,  Chris McCollam ,  Robert Peterson

IPC分类号： A61F2/06 ,  B29D23/00 ,  B65B57/14 ,  B65G47/31

CPC分类号： B29D23/001 ,  A61F2/06 ,  B65B57/14 ,  B65G47/31 ,  Y10T428/1328 ,  Y10T428/1352

摘要： A tape-reinforced tubular vascular graft formed of sintered fluoropolymer(s), such as expanded, sintered PTFE. The graft includes a base graft and a reinforcing tape applied thereto. The tape may be spirally wrapped about the graft or spirally wrapped into a tube about a cylindrical mandrel and then applied to the exterior of The graft. Radial shrinkage of the combined base graft and tape, or of the reinforcing tape tube, renders the vascular graft subsequently radially enlargeable by more than 5%, without tearing or breaking of the reinforcement tape layer of the graft. Radially enlargeable grafts of the present invention may be combined with various types of stents or anchoring systems, to form endovascular graft devices which are transluminally insertable and implantable within the lumen of a host blood vessel. Alternatively, radially enlargeable grafts of the present invention may be implanted by way of traditional surgical graft implantation techniques, without any radial enlargement of the graft at the time of implantation, so as to take advantage of the improved strength properties and suture-holding properties of the radially-shrunken tape-reinforced grafts of the present invention.

摘要翻译： 由烧结的含氟聚合物形成的带状增强的管状血管移植物，例如膨胀的烧结PTFE。 移植物包括基底移植物和施加于其上的加强带。 胶带可以螺旋地缠绕在移植物周围或螺旋地缠绕在围绕圆柱形心轴的管中，然后施加到移植物的外部。 组合的基底移植物和带或增强带管的径向收缩使血管移植物随后径向放大超过5％，而不会撕裂或破坏移植物的加强带层。 本发明的可径向扩大的移植物可以与各种类型的支架或锚定系统组合，以形成血管内移植装置，其可平移插入并且可植入主体血管的腔内。 或者，本发明的径向可放大的移植物可以通过传统的手术移植物植入技术植入，而在植入时没有移植物的任何径向扩大，以便利用改进的强度性质和缝线保持性能 本发明的径向缩小的带状增强移植物。

公开(公告)号：US5976192A

公开(公告)日：1999-11-02

申请号：US762113

申请日：1996-12-10

申请人： John McIntyre ,  Donald Shannon ,  Chris Kuo ,  Chris McCollam ,  Robert Peterson

发明人： John McIntyre ,  Donald Shannon ,  Chris Kuo ,  Chris McCollam ,  Robert Peterson

IPC分类号： A61F2/06

CPC分类号： A61F2/06 ,  Y10S623/901

摘要： An externally supported, tape-reinforced tubular prosthetic graft and method of manufacturing therefore. The graft comprises a tubular base graft formed of expanded, sintered fluoropolymer material, a strip of reinforcement tape helically wrapped about the outer surface of the tubular base graft and attached thereto, and, an external support member helically wrapped around the outer surface of the reinforcement tape and attached thereto. The helical pitch of the reinforcement tape is different from the helical pitch of the external support member. Preferably, the helical pitch of the reinforcement tape is in a direction which is opposite the direction of the external support member.

摘要翻译： 外部支撑的带状增强管状假体移植物及其制造方法。 移植物包括由膨胀的，烧结的氟聚合物材料形成的管状基底移植物，螺旋缠绕在管状基底移植物的外表面上并附接到其上的加强带条，以及螺旋缠绕在加强件的外表面上的外部支撑构件 胶带并附着于其上。 加强带的螺距不同于外部支撑构件的螺距。 优选地，加强带的螺距在与外部支撑构件的方向相反的方向上。

公开(公告)号：US6099791A

公开(公告)日：2000-08-08

申请号：US612742

申请日：1996-03-08

申请人： Donald Shannon ,  John McIntyre ,  Chris Kuo ,  Chris McCollam ,  Robert Peterson

发明人： Donald Shannon ,  John McIntyre ,  Chris Kuo ,  Chris McCollam ,  Robert Peterson

IPC分类号： B29C55/04 ,  B29C55/10 ,  B29C55/18 ,  B29C55/14

CPC分类号： B29C55/045 ,  B29C55/10 ,  B29C55/18 ,  B29K2027/18

摘要： Porous fluoropolymer films, such as PTFE films, formed by a method including the steps of (a) forming a fluoropolymer (e.g., PTFE) paste, (b) extruding, calendaring, or otherwise processing the paste to form a film extrudate, (c) causing the film extrudate to be calendared in a first directional axis, (d) subsequently calendaring the film extrudate in a second directional axis which is different from the first directional axis, (e) subsequently calendaring the film extrudate in at least one additional directional axis which is different from said first and second directional axes, thereby forming a multiaxially calendared film extrudate, (f) drying the multiaxially calendared film extrudate, and (g) radially expanding the multiaxially calendared film extrudate to form a radially oriented fluoropolymer (e.g., PTFE) film. The porous fluoropolymer films formed by this method are multiaxially oriented and exhibit isotropic strength properties.

摘要翻译： （a）形成含氟聚合物（例如，PTFE）糊剂的方法形成PTFE多孔膜等多孔含氟聚合物膜，（b）挤压，压延或以其他方式加工糊料以形成膜挤出物，（c ）使得所述膜挤出物在第一方向轴上压延，（d）随后在不同于所述第一方向轴的第二方向轴上压延所述膜挤出物，（e）随后在至少一个另外的方向上压延所述膜挤出物 轴向不同于所述第一和第二方向轴，由此形成多轴压延膜挤出物，（f）干燥所述多轴压延膜挤出物，和（g）使所述多轴压延膜挤出物径向膨胀以形成径向取向的含氟聚合物（例如， PTFE）膜。 通过该方法形成的多孔含氟聚合物膜是多轴取向的并且具有各向同性的强度特性。

公开(公告)号：US5641373A

公开(公告)日：1997-06-24

申请号：US423762

申请日：1995-04-17

申请人： Donald Shannon ,  John McIntyre ,  Chris Kuo ,  Chris McCollam ,  Robert Peterson

发明人： Donald Shannon ,  John McIntyre ,  Chris Kuo ,  Chris McCollam ,  Robert Peterson

IPC分类号： A61F2/06 ,  B29D23/00 ,  B29C61/04

CPC分类号： B29D23/001 ,  A61F2/06 ,  Y10S623/901

摘要： A method for improving the radial enlargeability and other properties of tape-reinforced tubular vascular graft formed of sintered fluoropolymer(s), such as expanded, sintered PTFE. Broadly, the method comprises the step of radially shrinking the reinforcement tape layer of the graft, or the entire tape-reinforced graft, after sintering thereof. Such radial shrinkage of the reinforcement tape layer, or of the entire graft, renders the graft subsequently radially enlargeable by more than 5%, without tearing or breaking of the reinforcement tape layer of the graft. Radially enlargeable grafts of the present invention may be combined with various types of stents or anchoring systems, to form endovascular graft devices which are transluminally insertable and implantable within the lumen of a host blood vessel. Alternatively, radially enlargeable grafts of the present invention may be implanted by way of traditional surgical graft implantation techniques, without any radial enlargement of the graft at the time of implantation, so as to take advantage of the improved strength properties and suture-holding properties of the radially-shrunken tape-reinforced grafts of the present invention.

摘要翻译： 一种用于改善由烧结的氟聚合物形成的带状增强的管状血管移植物的径向扩大性等的方法，例如膨胀的烧结PTFE。 广泛地，该方法包括在烧结之后径向收缩移植物的加强带层或整个带增强移植物的步骤。 增强带层或整个移植物的这种径向收缩使得移植物随后可以径向放大超过5％，而不会撕裂或破坏移植物的加强带层。 本发明的可径向扩大的移植物可以与各种类型的支架或锚定系统组合，以形成血管内移植装置，其可平移插入并且可植入主体血管的腔内。 或者，本发明的径向可放大的移植物可以通过传统的手术移植物植入技术植入，而在植入时没有移植物的任何径向扩大，以便利用改进的强度性质和缝线保持性能 本发明的径向缩小的带状增强移植物。

公开(公告)号：US08062354B2

公开(公告)日：2011-11-22

申请号：US11009196

申请日：2004-12-10

申请人： Donald Shannon ,  John McIntyre ,  Chris Kuo ,  Chris McCollam ,  Robert Peterson

发明人： Donald Shannon ,  John McIntyre ,  Chris Kuo ,  Chris McCollam ,  Robert Peterson

IPC分类号： A61F2/06

CPC分类号： B29D23/001 ,  A61F2/06 ,  B65B57/14 ,  B65G47/31 ,  Y10T428/1328 ,  Y10T428/1352

摘要： A tape-reinforced tubular vascular graft formed of sintered fluoropolymer(s), such as expanded, sintered PTFE. The graft includes a base graft and a reinforcing tape applied thereto. The tape may be spirally wrapped about the graft or spirally wrapped into a tube about a cylindrical mandrel and then applied to the exterior of the graft. Radial shrinkage of the combined base graft and tape, or of the reinforcing tape tube, renders the vascular graft subsequently radially enlargeable by more than 5%, without tearing or breaking of the reinforcement tape layer of the graft. Radially enlargeable grafts of the present invention may be combined with various types of stents or anchoring systems, to form endovascular graft devices which are transluminally insertable and implantable within the lumen of a host blood vessel. Alternatively, radially enlargeable grafts of the present invention may be implanted by way of traditional surgical graft implantation techniques, without any radial enlargement of the graft at the time of implantation, so as to take advantage of the improved strength properties and suture-holding properties of the radially-shrunken tape-reinforced grafts of the present invention.

摘要翻译： 由烧结的含氟聚合物形成的带状增强的管状血管移植物，例如膨胀的烧结PTFE。 移植物包括基底移植物和施加于其上的加强带。 胶带可以围绕移植物螺旋地包裹或螺旋地缠绕在围绕圆柱形心轴的管中，然后施加到移植物的外部。 组合的基底移植物和带或增强带管的径向收缩使血管移植物随后径向放大超过5％，而不会撕裂或破坏移植物的加强带层。 本发明的可径向扩大的移植物可以与各种类型的支架或锚定系统组合，以形成血管内移植装置，其可平移插入并且可植入主体血管的腔内。 或者，本发明的径向可放大的移植物可以通过传统的手术移植物植入技术植入，而在植入时没有移植物的任何径向扩大，以便利用改进的强度性质和缝线保持性能 本发明的径向缩小的带状增强移植物。

公开(公告)号：US20050096737A1

公开(公告)日：2005-05-05

申请号：US11009196

申请日：2004-12-10

申请人： Donald Shannon ,  John McIntyre ,  Chris Kuo ,  Chris McCollam ,  Robert Peterson

发明人： Donald Shannon ,  John McIntyre ,  Chris Kuo ,  Chris McCollam ,  Robert Peterson

IPC分类号： A61F2/06 ,  B29D23/00 ,  B65B57/14 ,  B65G47/31

CPC分类号： B29D23/001 ,  A61F2/06 ,  B65B57/14 ,  B65G47/31 ,  Y10T428/1328 ,  Y10T428/1352

摘要： A tape-reinforced tubular vascular graft formed of sintered fluoropolymer(s), such as expanded, sintered PTFE. The graft includes a base graft and a reinforcing tape applied thereto. The tape may be spirally wrapped about the graft or spirally wrapped into a tube about a cylindrical mandrel and then applied to the exterior of the graft. Radial shrinkage of the combined base graft and tape, or of the reinforcing tape tube, renders the vascular graft subsequently radially enlargeable by more than 5%, without tearing or breaking of the reinforcement tape layer of the graft. Radially enlargeable grafts of the present invention may be combined with various types of stents or anchoring systems, to form endovascular graft devices which are transluminally insertable and implantable within the lumen of a host blood vessel. Alternatively, radially enlargeable grafts of the present invention may be implanted by way of traditional surgical graft implantation techniques, without any radial enlargement of the graft at the time of implantation, so as to take advantage of the improved strength properties and suture-holding properties of the radially-shrunken tape-reinforced grafts of the present invention.

摘要翻译： 由烧结的含氟聚合物形成的带状增强的管状血管移植物，例如膨胀的烧结PTFE。 移植物包括基底移植物和施加于其上的加强带。 胶带可以围绕移植物螺旋地包裹或螺旋地缠绕在围绕圆柱形心轴的管中，然后施加到移植物的外部。 组合的基底移植物和带或增强带管的径向收缩使血管移植物随后径向放大超过5％，而不会撕裂或破坏移植物的加强带层。 本发明的可径向扩大的移植物可以与各种类型的支架或锚定系统组合，以形成血管内移植装置，其可平移插入并且可植入主体血管的腔内。 或者，本发明的径向可放大的移植物可以通过传统的手术移植物植入技术植入，而在植入时没有移植物的任何径向扩大，以便利用改进的强度性质和缝线保持性能 本发明的径向缩小的带状增强移植物。

公开(公告)号：US06267834B1

公开(公告)日：2001-07-31

申请号：US09201953

申请日：1998-12-01

申请人： Donald Shannon ,  John McIntyre ,  Chris Kuo ,  Chris McCollam ,  Robert Peterson

发明人： Donald Shannon ,  John McIntyre ,  Chris Kuo ,  Chris McCollam ,  Robert Peterson

IPC分类号： B32B3126

CPC分类号： B29D23/001 ,  A61F2/06 ,  Y10S623/901

摘要： A method for improving the radial enlargeability and other properties of tape-reinforced tubular vascular graft formed of sintered fluoropolymer(s), such as expanded, sintered PTFE. Broadly, the method comprises the step of radially shrinking the reinforcement tape layer of the graft, or the entire tape-reinforced graft, after sintering thereof. Such radial shrinkage of the reinforcement tape layer, or of the entire graft, renders the graft subsequently radially enlargeable by more than 5%, without tearing or breaking of the reinforcement tape layer of the graft. Radially enlargeable grafts of the present invention may be combined with various types of stents or anchoring systems, to form endovascular graft devices which are transluminally insertable and implantable within the lumen of a host blood vessel. Alternatively, radially enlargeable grafts of the present invention may be implanted by way of traditional surgical graft implantation techniques, without any radial enlargement of the graft at the time of implantation, so as to take advantage of the improved strength properties and suture-holding properties of the radially-shrunken tape-reinforced grafts of the present invention.

摘要翻译： 一种用于改善由烧结的氟聚合物形成的带状增强的管状血管移植物的径向扩大性等的方法，例如膨胀的烧结PTFE。 广泛地，该方法包括在烧结之后径向收缩移植物的加强带层或整个带增强移植物的步骤。 增强带层或整个移植物的这种径向收缩使得移植物随后可以径向放大超过5％，而不会撕裂或破坏移植物的加强带层。 本发明的可径向扩大的移植物可以与各种类型的支架或锚定系统组合，以形成血管内移植装置，其可平移插入并且可植入主体血管的腔内。 或者，本发明的径向可放大的移植物可以通过传统的手术移植物植入技术植入，而在植入时没有移植物的任何径向扩大，以便利用改进的强度性质和缝线保持性能 本发明的径向缩小的带状增强移植物。

公开(公告)号：US5843173A

公开(公告)日：1998-12-01

申请号：US844482

申请日：1997-04-18

申请人： Donald Shannon ,  John McIntyre ,  Chris Kuo ,  Chris McCollam ,  Robert Peterson

发明人： Donald Shannon ,  John McIntyre ,  Chris Kuo ,  Chris McCollam ,  Robert Peterson

IPC分类号： A61F2/06 ,  B29D23/00

CPC分类号： B29D23/001 ,  A61F2/06 ,  Y10S623/901

摘要： A method for improving the radial enlargeability and other properties of tape-reinforced tubular vascular graft formed of sintered fluoropolymer(s), such as expanded, sintered PTFE. Broadly, the method comprises the step of radially shrinking the reinforcement tape layer of the graft, or the entire tape-reinforced graft, after sintering thereof. Such radial shrinkage of the reinforcement tape layer, or of the entire graft, renders the graft subsequently radially enlargeable by more than 5%, without tearing or breaking of the reinforcement tape layer of the graft. Radially enlargeable grafts of the present invention may be combined with various types of stents or anchoring systems, to form endovascular graft devices which are transluminally insertable and implantable within the lumen of a host blood vessel. Alternatively, radially enlargeable grafts of the present invention may be implanted by way of traditional surgical graft implantation techniques, without any radial enlargement of the graft at the time of implantation, so as to take advantage of the improved strength properties and suture-holding properties of the radially-shrunken tape-reinforced grafts of the present invention.

摘要翻译： 一种用于改善由烧结的氟聚合物形成的带状增强的管状血管移植物的径向扩大性等的方法，例如膨胀的烧结PTFE。 广泛地，该方法包括在烧结之后径向收缩移植物的加强带层或整个带增强移植物的步骤。 增强带层或整个移植物的这种径向收缩使得移植物随后可以径向放大超过5％，而不会撕裂或破坏移植物的加强带层。 本发明的可径向扩大的移植物可以与各种类型的支架或锚定系统组合，以形成血管内移植装置，其可平移插入并且可植入主体血管的腔内。 或者，本发明的径向可放大的移植物可以通过传统的手术移植物植入技术植入，而在植入时没有移植物的任何径向扩大，以便利用改进的强度性质和缝线保持性能 本发明的径向缩小的带状增强移植物。

公开(公告)号：US5552100A

公开(公告)日：1996-09-03

申请号：US432997

申请日：1995-05-02

申请人： Donald Shannon ,  Chris Kuo ,  Robert Peterson ,  Chris McCollam

发明人： Donald Shannon ,  Chris Kuo ,  Robert Peterson ,  Chris McCollam

IPC分类号： C08J5/18 ,  B29C43/00 ,  B29C43/24 ,  B29C55/00 ,  B29C55/02 ,  B29C67/04 ,  B29K27/12 ,  B29K105/04 ,  B29L7/00 ,  C08J9/00 ,  B29C55/10

CPC分类号： B29C55/005 ,  B29C43/006 ,  B29C43/24 ,  B29K2027/18

摘要： A method for preparing thin fluoropolymer (PTFE) films, said method generally having the steps of: a) providing an unsintered fluoropolymer film; b) pre-sintering expansion of the film; c) sintering the expanded film with dimensional restraint to prevent shrinkage; and d) post-sintering stretching of the film to a final thickness preferably less than 0.002 inches. The post-sintering stretching of the film in step d may be accomplished in a single step, or may include a series of post-sintering stretching steps. Steps b and c of the method may be carried out bypassing the calendared film through a machine direction orienter device and, thereafter, step d of the method may be accomplished by subsequently repassing the sintered film through the machine direction orienter device, one or more additional times.

摘要翻译： 一种制备薄氟聚合物（PTFE）膜的方法，所述方法通常具有以下步骤：a）提供未烧结的含氟聚合物膜; b）预烧结膜的膨胀; c）用尺寸限制烧结膨体膜以防止收缩; 以及d）将所述膜的后烧结拉伸至优选小于0.002英寸的最终厚度。 步骤d中的膜的后烧结拉伸可以在单个步骤中完成，或者可以包括一系列后烧结拉伸步骤。 该方法的步骤b和c可以通过机器方向定向装置绕过压延膜进行，然后，可以通过随后通过机器方向定向装置重新安装烧结膜来实现该方法的步骤d，一个或多个附加 次