Endovascular graft joint and method for manufacture
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1. An endovascular graft or section thereof comprising:
- a flexible material portion and a transversely oriented member secured to the flexible material portion with a joint that includes at least one flap of the flexible material folded back and secured to form a loop portion about the transversely oriented member, the flexible material portion and the flap having opposed outside and inside surfaces;
an outer layer of flexible material disposed over the outside surfaces of the flap and the flexible material portion; and
an inner layer of flexible material disposed over inside surfaces of the flap and the flexible material portion.
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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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1. An endovascular graft or section thereof comprising:
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a flexible material portion and a transversely oriented member secured to the flexible material portion with a joint that includes at least one flap of the flexible material folded back and secured to form a loop portion about the transversely oriented member, the flexible material portion and the flap having opposed outside and inside surfaces;
an outer layer of flexible material disposed over the outside surfaces of the flap and the flexible material portion; and
an inner layer of flexible material disposed over inside surfaces of the flap and the flexible material portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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