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Stent graft assembly and method

  • US 8,747,450 B2
  • Filed: 06/27/2012
  • Issued: 06/10/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of retaining a polymeric sleeve on a stent, where the polymeric sleeve is located over an outer wall of the stent, the stent including an opening, the improvement comprising:

  • urging a portion of the polymeric sleeve from over the outer wall of the stent into a volume of the opening, the volume of the opening being surrounded by an inner wall; and

    frictionally engaging the polymeric sleeve portion with the stent between the inner wall and a member received within the opening.

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