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Covered endoluminal stent and method of assembly

  • US 6,214,039 B1
  • Filed: 02/18/1998
  • Issued: 04/10/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/24/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A radially expandable stent-graft assembly, comprising:

  • a tubular radially expandable stent; and

    a tubular graft member having radial recoil properties, wherein said graft member is circumferentially disposed about at least a portion of a longitudinal length of said stent, is radially expandable with said stent, and is retained thereupon by inherent recoil pressure in the range of about 10% to about 30%, exerted by the tubular graft member about the tubular radially expandable stent.

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