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Prosthesis for repair of body passages

  • US 6,635,080 B1
  • Filed: 01/03/2000
  • Issued: 10/21/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/19/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A prosthetic graft for implantation in a body passage comprising:

  • a tubular graft body comprising at least a first end on said tubular graft body;

    a first annular resilient element attached to said graft body adjacent said first end; and

    a stent attached to said graft body, said stent comprised of a continuous wire having;

    a plurality of circumferential rings, each ring having alternating peaks and valleys;

    at least one strut connecting adjacent rings, said strut having a first end connected to a concave side of a peak of one ring and a second end connected to a concave side of a trough of an adjacent ring, wherein said continuous wire is doubled along a segment of a ring from a point in a trough where a first strut joins said ring to a point on a peak of said ring where a second strut leaves said ring; and

    a first end adjacent said first annular element but being spaced away from said first annular element.

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