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Graft apparatus

  • US 9,517,069 B2
  • Filed: 07/31/2014
  • Issued: 12/13/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for preparing an arteriovenous access conduit, said method comprising:

  • providing a connection forming a fluid passageway between an arterial lumen of an arterial vessel and a venous lumen of a venous vessel, the arterial vessel having a first radial compliance and the venous vessel having a second radial compliance that is different from the first radial compliance, said connection having an ablumenal surface;

    providing a radially resilient external support; and

    positioning said external support at said ablumenal surface of said connection to form a supported connection, wherein the support has resilient radial expansion and contraction characteristics to provide the supported connection with radial compliance properties mimicking the first radial compliance.

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