Endovascular graft joint and method for manufacture
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Abstract
A joint and method for producing a joint in an endovascular graft. In one embodiment, a flap of a flexible material portion of an endovascular graft is folded about a portion of an expandable member to form a loop portion. The flap is secured in the loop configuration so that tensile force on the expandable member is transferred into a shear force on the fixed portion of the flap.
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Citations
61 Claims
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1-37. -37. (Canceled)
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38. A method for securing a transversely oriented member to a flexible material portion of an endovascular graft or section thereof comprising:
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a) disposing the transversely oriented member in proximity to a flap in a flexible material portion of an endovascular graft or section thereof;
b) folding the flap over at least a portion of the transversely oriented member to form a looped portion of the flap about the transversely oriented member; and
c) securing the flap in the looped configuration. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A method for securing a circumferentially oriented member to a flexible material portion of an endovascular graft or section thereof comprising:
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a) disposing a circumferentially oriented member in proximity to a flap in a flexible material portion of an endovascular graft or section thereof;
b) folding the flap over at least a portion of the circumferentially oriented member to form a looped portion of the flap about the circumferentially oriented member; and
c) securing the flap in the looped configuration. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A method for securing an expandable member to a flexible material portion of an endovascular graft or section thereof comprising:
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a) disposing the expandable member in proximity to a flap in a flexible material portion of an endovascular graft or section thereof;
b) folding the flap over at least a portion of the expandable member to form a looped portion of the flap about the expandable member; and
c) securing the flap in the looped configuration. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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