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US 2003/0191522 A1Published application
Method of making an intraluminal stent graft
AssigneeGore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.
InventorDavid J. Myers
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Abstract
A method of making an tubular intraluminal graft in the form of a tubular diametrically adjustable stent having a tubular covering of porous expanded polytetrafluoroethylene which is less than 0.10 mm thick. The covering may be on the exterior surface of the stent, or on the interior surface of the stent, or both. The covering may be affixed to the stent by an adhesive which is preferably fluorinated ethylene propylene.
Claims4
A method of making a tubular intraluminal graft comprising:
- a) providing a length of wire;
- b) providing the length of wire with a first polymeric covering to create a covered wire;
- c) braiding the covered wire to create a tubular form having a wall with a multiplicity of openings therethrough;
- and
- d) providing the tubular form with a second polymeric covering which covers at least some of the openings.
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