Solid woven tubular prosthesis
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1. A tubular prosthesis for implantation in a patient'"'"'s body comprising:
- a woven fabric having a plurality of superposed plies including an outer ply and an inner ply, each of said plies including a plurality of circumferentially extending fill yarns and a plurality of longitudinally extending warp yarns, and wherein each of the yarns extending in one direction continuously passes through at least two adjacent plies, and wherein said plies have a porosity sufficient to allow ingrowth of tissue while limiting leakage of fluid therefrom.
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Abstract
A solid woven tubular prosthesis having sufficient inherent wall stiffness so as to be radially self-supporting. The solid woven prosthesis is capable of being formed with a smooth, continuous inner wall that improves the hemodynamic flow with respect to conventional woven prosthesis, thereby facilitating the flow of fluid therethrough.
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1. A tubular prosthesis for implantation in a patient'"'"'s body comprising:
a woven fabric having a plurality of superposed plies including an outer ply and an inner ply, each of said plies including a plurality of circumferentially extending fill yarns and a plurality of longitudinally extending warp yarns, and wherein each of the yarns extending in one direction continuously passes through at least two adjacent plies, and wherein said plies have a porosity sufficient to allow ingrowth of tissue while limiting leakage of fluid therefrom. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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