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Flexible hollow organ

  • US 4,850,999 A
  • Filed: 05/26/1981
  • Issued: 07/25/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/24/1980
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A prosthesis for implantation in a human or animal body, the prosthesis comprising a flexible non-corrugated prosthetic tube means for a throughflow of a medium, and at least one flexible elastic braided hose means is arranged along at least a portion of a wall of the tube means for imparting an increased resistance against buckling and compression to the tube means thereby reducing a critical bending radius of the prosthesis, the at least one braided hose means is formed as a hollow meshwork braided in a linen weave mode with a braiding angle of the braided hose means being in a range of 60°

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