Blood vessel wrap
First Claim
1. A wrap for securing directly about a blood vessel within a patient'"'"'s body by encasing a section of the vessel, the wrap comprising a body being of thin flexible construction having first and second ends and first and second sides and wherein first and second side regions at, near or along the first and second sides of the body being configured to apply, in use, a less compressive force along at least a portion of the first and second side regions compared to at, near, or along a centre region of the body to provide strain relief of a wrapped section of the blood vessel at, near or along an unwrapped section of the blood vessel.
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Abstract
A wrap (20) for securing about a blood vessel (36) by encasing a section of the vessel. The wrap (20) being of thin flexible construction having two ends (22, 24) and two sides (26, 28). The wrap (20) is more elastic or stretchable at, near, or along at least some of its sides (22, 24) compared to at, near, or along its center, to provide strain relief from wrapped to unwrapped aorta. The wrap (20) is not inelastic, so that loss of aortic compliance is minimized or enhanced. The wrap (20) is adapted to apply, in use, less compressive force at, near, or along at least some of its sides (22, 24) compared to at, near, or along its center.
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36 Claims
- 1. A wrap for securing directly about a blood vessel within a patient'"'"'s body by encasing a section of the vessel, the wrap comprising a body being of thin flexible construction having first and second ends and first and second sides and wherein first and second side regions at, near or along the first and second sides of the body being configured to apply, in use, a less compressive force along at least a portion of the first and second side regions compared to at, near, or along a centre region of the body to provide strain relief of a wrapped section of the blood vessel at, near or along an unwrapped section of the blood vessel.
- 27. A wrap for securing about a blood vessel by encasing a section of the vessel, the wrap comprising a body being of thin flexible construction having two ends and two sides, wherein the body of the wrap is more elastic or stretchable at, near, or along at least a portion of the sides compared to at, near, or along a centre of the body, to provide strain relief of a wrapped section of the blood vessel at, near or along an unwrapped section of the blood vessel, wherein the body of the wrap has slits along a portion of the sides.
- 29. A wrap for securing about a blood vessel by encasing a section of the vessel, the wrap comprising a body being of thin flexible construction having two ends and two sides, wherein the body of the wrap is more elastic or stretchable at, near, or along at least a portion of the sides compared to at, near, or along a centre of the body, to provide strain relief of a wrapped section of the blood vessel at, near or along an unwrapped section of the blood vessel, wherein the body of the wrap has warp fibres at, near, or along the sides that are more elastic than the warp fibres at, near, or along the centre.
- 31. A wrap for securing about a blood vessel by encasing a section of the vessel, the wrap comprising a body being of thin flexible construction having two ends and two sides, the body being adapted to apply, in use, less compressive force at, near, or along at least a portion of the sides compared to at, near, or along a centre of the body, wherein the body of the wrap has slits along a portion of the sides.
- 33. A wrap for securing about a blood vessel by encasing a section of the vessel, the wrap comprising a body being of thin flexible construction having two ends and two sides, the body being adapted to apply, in use, less compressive force at, near, or along at least a portion of the sides compared to at, near, or along a centre of the body, wherein the body of the wrap has warp fibres at, near, or along the sides that are more elastic than the warp fibres at, near, or along the centre.
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35. A wrap for securing about a blood vessel by encasing a section of the vessel, the wrap comprising a body being of thin flexible construction having two ends and two sides, the body being adapted to apply, in use, less compressive force at, near, or along at least a portion of the sides compared to at, near, or along a centre of the body, wherein the wrap includes a strip of substantially centrally placed material, the strip having a tensile strength greater than that of the rest of the of the body wrap, wherein the two sides of the of the body wrap are similar, or differing, in elasticity or stretchability to each other.
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36. A wrap for securing about a blood vessel by encasing a section of the vessel, the wrap comprising a body being of thin flexible construction having two ends and two sides, the body being adapted to apply, in use, less compressive force at, near, or along at least a portion of the sides compared to at, near, or along a centre of the body, wherein the wrap has a slimmed region at or near a longitudinal midpoint of the body and wherein the body of the wrap includes one or more longitudinal slits near the slimmed region to allow the wrap to conform radially more closely with the inner curve of the vessel.
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