Tubular prostheses prepared from pericardial tissue
First Claim
1. A tubular vascular prosthesis comprising a sheet of pericardial tissue having opposing longitudinal edges sewn together by means including a continuous biocompatible thread to form an everted longitudinal seam along the length of said prosthesis, said thread being disposed in a configuration of stitches extending continuously along said seamand with each of said stitches being separately secured with a knot tied in said thread after said stitch so as to permit said prosthesis to be cut transversely to a determined length at any point between its ends without exposing unsecured free thread ends and thereby substantially damaging the seam.
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Abstract
Novel tubular prostheses, e.g. vascular or ureteral prostheses, prepared by sewing the opposed edges of a sheet of pericardial tissue together with a thread to form a longitudinal seam are disclosed. By disposing the thread in a suitable configuration along the seam, for example in a plurality of stitches each of which is secured with a knot, a tubular prosthesis results that can be cut transversely between its ends without unravelling the thread and substantially damaging the same. Use of bovine pericardial tissue is preferred since the range of compliances of tubular prostheses made therefrom is approximately comparable to the range in human arteries and veins, whereas tubular prostheses made from porcine pericardial tissue tend to be too compliant.
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1. A tubular vascular prosthesis comprising a sheet of pericardial tissue having opposing longitudinal edges sewn together by means including a continuous biocompatible thread to form an everted longitudinal seam along the length of said prosthesis, said thread being disposed in a configuration of stitches extending continuously along said seam
and with each of said stitches being separately secured with a knot tied in said thread after said stitch so as to permit said prosthesis to be cut transversely to a determined length at any point between its ends without exposing unsecured free thread ends and thereby substantially damaging the seam.
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