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Vessel implant for the treatment of an aneurysm

  • US 10,646,360 B2
  • Filed: 07/29/2013
  • Issued: 05/12/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vessel implant for the treatment of an aneurysm, comprising an elongate body having an inlet opening, an outlet opening, and a passage tapering from the inlet opening to the outlet opening, the passage connecting the inlet opening to the outlet opening in a direction of the unidirectional flow of blood through the blood vessel for the blood flowing through the blood vessel, the passage being bounded in the peripheral direction by a blood-impermeable wall, characterized in that the inlet opening has a larger cross-sectional area than the outlet opening and is larger than the outlet opening,wherein the body is provided with blood-permeable fixing means for the end of the body at the outlet opening side, said fixing means being designed for contact with the vessel wall of the blood vessel, said fixing means being designed to hold the body spaced apart from the vessel wall of the blood vessel in the region of the outlet opening, and said fixing means having a radial component projecting outwardly from the body.

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