Bifurcated highly conformable medical device branch access
AssigneeW. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
InventorsLogan R. Hagaman, Cody L. Hartman, Russell L. Jacoby, Roark N. Wolfe
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Abstract
A method of making a multi-lumen stent graft includes covering a first mandrel that comprises a groove and a back wall of the groove with an innermost polymeric tube; slitting the innermost polymeric tube along the back wall of the groove; placing a second mandrel into the groove of the first mandrel and aligning the second mandrel with the back wall of the groove, deforming the innermost polymeric tube; placing an outermost polymeric tube over the innermost polymeric tube; and cutting an opening in the outermost polymeric tube over the second smaller mandrel, wherein the outermost polymeric tube and innermost polymeric tube comprise a graft member.
Claims10
A method of making a multi-lumen stent graft comprising:
- covering a first mandrel that comprises a groove and a back wall of said groove with an innermost polymeric tube;
- slitting said innermost polymeric tube along said back wall of said groove;
- placing a second mandrel into said groove of the first mandrel and aligning said second mandrel with the back wall of the groove, deforming said innermost polymeric tube;
- placing an outermost polymeric tube over said innermost polymeric tube;
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- cutting an opening in said outermost polymeric tube over said second mandrel;
- wherein said outermost polymeric tube and innermost polymeric tube comprise a graft member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.