US Patent No: 5,718,973

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Tubular intraluminal graft

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Abstract

A tubular intraluminal graft for repairing body conduits, made from at least one layer of porous expanded PTFE film that has a microstructure having fibrils oriented in at least two directions which are substantially perpendicular to each other. The tubular intraluminal graft has a wall thickness of less than about 0.25 mm and may have a longitudinally or helically oriented seamline. Additional reinforcing components such as reinforcing ribs or braids may also be provided.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.NEWARK, DE1006

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Lewis, James D Flagstaff, AZ 38 1906
Myers, David J Camp Verde, AZ 64 2527

Cited Art

Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
AMS MEDINVENT S.A. (2)
4,553,545 Device for application in blood vessels or other difficultly accessible locations and its use 576 1983
4,655,771 Prosthesis comprising an expansible or contractile tubular body 1197 1983
 
MEDTRONIC, INC. (2)
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5,282,847 Prosthetic vascular grafts with a pleated structure 148 1992
 
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (2)
4,208,745 Vascular prostheses composed of polytetrafluoroethylene and process for their production 99 1977
4,304,010 Tubular polytetrafluoroethylene prosthesis with porous elastomer coating 88 1979
 
W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC. (2)
5,107,852 Catheter guidewire device having a covering of fluoropolymer tape 103 1990
5,269,810 Patch electrode 55 1992
 
DEVICE DEVELOPMENTS, INC. (1)
4,820,298 Internal vascular prosthesis 385 1987
 
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION (1)
4,816,339 Multi-layered poly(tetrafluoroethylene)/elastomer materials useful for in vivo implantation 307 1987
 
EXPANDABLE GRAFTS PARTNERSHIP, A TX. GENERAL PARTNERSHIP (1)
4,776,337 Expandable intraluminal graft, and method and apparatus for implanting an expandable intraluminal graft 1050 1986
 
HEW-KABEL HEINZ EILENTROPP KG (1)
4,791,966 Wrapped, elongated stock 49 1983
 
HUELS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (1)
5,009,814 Use of n-polyhydroxyalkyl fatty acid amides as thickening agents for liquid aqueous surfactant systems 60 1988
 
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TATEBE SEISHUDO (1)
4,313,231 Vascular prosthesis 116 1980
 
LEMAITRE ACQUISITION LLC (1)
5,123,917 Expandable intraluminal vascular graft 602 1990
 
LIFEPORT SCIENCES LLC (1)
4,787,899 Intraluminal graft device, system and method 553 1986
 
NEW ENGLAND DEACONESS HOSPITAL CORPORATION (1)
5,211,658 Method and device for performing endovascular repair of aneurysms 330 1991
 
NISSHO CORPORATION (1)
5,236,447 Artificial tubular organ 275 1991
 
SERVETUS PARTNERSHIP (1)
4,878,906 Endoprosthesis for repairing a damaged vessel 646 1988
 
SHEPHERD PATENTS S.A. (1)
4,954,126 Prosthesis comprising an expansible or contractile tubular body 614 1989
 
SORIN BIOMEDICAL INC. (1)
4,550,447 Vascular graft prosthesis 120 1983
 
TELEFLEX INCORPORATED (1)
4,925,710 Ultrathin-wall fluoropolymer tube with removable fluoropolymer core 76 1988
 
VICTOR SLICING SYSTEMS S.R.L. (1)
4,512,228 Automatic sausage slicing machine for salami and like products 19 1982
 
WORLD MEDICAL MANUFACTURING CORPORATION (1)
4,562,596 Aortic graft, device and method for performing an intraluminal abdominal aortic aneurysm repair 338 1984
 
OTHER [CHECK PATENT PROFILE FOR ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION] (7)
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4,577,631 Aneurysm repair apparatus and method 408 1984
4,877,030 Device for the widening of blood vessels 302 1988
5,078,726 Graft stent and method of repairing blood vessels 431 1990
5,122,154 Endovascular bypass graft 461 1990
5,156,620 Intraluminal graft/stent and balloon catheter for insertion thereof 192 1991
5,151,105 Collapsible vessel sleeve implant 403 1991

Patent Citation Ranking

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Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. (20)
6,364,903 Polymer coated stent 118 1999
6,652,570 Composite vascular graft 20 1999
6,673,103 Mesh and stent for increased flexibility 29 2000
6,716,239 ePTFE graft with axial elongation properties 15 2001
7,597,775 Green fluoropolymer tube and endovascular prosthesis formed using same 2 2001
6,814,561 Apparatus and method for extrusion of thin-walled tubes 4 2001
6,929,709 Helically formed stent/graft assembly 18 2002
7,828,833 Composite ePTFE/textile prosthesis 0 2002
7,029,495 Medical devices and methods of making the same 9 2002
7,186,263 Mesh graft and stent for increased flexibility 8 2003
7,560,006 Pressure lamination method for forming composite ePTFE/textile and ePTFE/stent/textile prostheses 24 2003
7,854,756 Medical devices 1 2004
7,871,550 ePTFE graft with axial elongation properties 0 2004
7,765,670 Method to simultaneously load and cover self expanding stents 1 2004
7,857,843 Differentially expanded vascular graft 0 2004
7,806,922 Sintered ring supported vascular graft 0 2004
7,524,445 Method for making ePTFE and structure containing such ePTFE, such as a vascular graft 2 2004
7,655,035 Variable lamination of vascular graft 1 2005
7,993,391 Medical devices and methods of making the same 0 2006
8,048,143 Medical devices 0 2008
 
W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC. (18)
6,551,350 Kink resistant bifurcated prosthesis 70 1996
6,352,561 Implant deployment apparatus 119 1996
6,331,188 Exterior supported self-expanding stent-graft 47 1997
6,613,072 Procedures for introducing stents and stent-grafts 96 1997
6,352,553 Stent-graft deployment apparatus and method 130 1997
6,517,570 Exterior supported self-expanding stent-graft 66 1997
6,075,180 Carvable PTFE implant material 25 1997
5,993,489 Tubular intraluminal graft and stent combination 82 1998
6,517,571 Vascular graft with improved flow surfaces 69 1999
6,361,637 Method of making a kink resistant stent-graft 92 1999
6,673,102 Covered endoprosthesis and delivery system 38 2000
6,520,986 Kink resistant stent-graft 51 2001
6,981,982 Method of producing low profile stent and graft combination 19 2002
7,056,336 Covered endoprosthesis and delivery system 11 2002
7,682,380 Kink-resistant bifurcated prosthesis 0 2002
8,323,328 Kink resistant stent-graft 0 2002
8,029,563 Implantable devices with reduced needle puncture site leakage 0 2004
7,691,109 Method of producing low profile stent and graft combination 1 2005
 
ENDOLOGIX, INC. (15)
6,500,202 Bifurcation graft deployment catheter 24 2000
6,508,835 Endoluminal vascular prosthesis 32 2000
6,660,030 Bifurcation graft deployment catheter 33 2000
6,733,523 Implantable vascular graft 42 2001
7,520,895 Self expanding bifurcated endovascular prosthesis 12 2002
6,951,572 Bifurcated vascular graft and method and apparatus for deploying same 6 2003
6,953,475 Bifurcation graft deployment catheter 18 2003
8,034,100 Graft deployment system 0 2003
8,147,535 Bifurcation graft deployment catheter 0 2005
7,892,277 Self expanding bifurcated endovascular prosthesis 1 2006
8,236,040 Bifurcated graft deployment systems and methods 0 2008
8,216,295 Catheter system and methods of using same 0 2009
8,167,925 Single puncture bifurcation graft deployment system 0 2010
8,118,856 Stent graft 0 2010
8,357,192 Bifurcated graft deployment systems and methods 0 2011
 
TRIVASCULAR, INC. (10)
7,766,954 Advanced endovascular graft 1 2006
7,615,071 Endovascular graft 4 2006
8,348,989 Endovascular graft joint and method for manufacture 0 2006
7,678,217 Method for manufacturing an endovascular graft section 1 2006
8,226,701 Stent and delivery system for deployment thereof 0 2007
8,066,755 System and method of pivoted stent deployment 1 2007
8,328,861 Delivery system and method for bifurcated graft 0 2007
8,083,789 Securement assembly and method for expandable endovascular device 0 2007
8,361,136 Endovascular graft 0 2009
8,267,989 Inflatable porous implants and methods for drug delivery 0 2010
 
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION (9)
6,395,019 Endovascular graft 73 1998
7,147,661 Radially expandable stent 22 2001
7,125,464 Method for manufacturing an endovascular graft section 13 2001
7,090,693 Endovascular graft joint and method for manufacture 10 2001
6,776,604 Method and apparatus for shape forming endovascular graft material 12 2001
7,081,129 Endovascular graft 20 2002
7,147,660 Advanced endovascular graft 26 2002
7,803,178 Inflatable porous implants and methods for drug delivery 1 2004
7,147,455 Method and apparatus for shape forming endovascular graft material 5 2004
 
GI DYNAMICS, INC. (6)
7,837,643 Methods and devices for placing a gastrointestinal sleeve 9 2005
7,678,068 Atraumatic delivery devices 9 2005
7,935,073 Methods of treatment using a bariatric sleeve 3 2007
7,758,535 Bariatric sleeve delivery devices 4 2007
8,162,871 Bariatric sleeve 0 2009
8,137,301 Bariatric sleeve 0 2009
 
ATRIUM MEDICAL CORPORATION (5)
6,010,529 Expandable shielded vessel support 71 1996
6,423,089 Vascular endoprosthesis and method 52 1999
6,270,523 Expandable shielded vessel support 29 1999
6,808,533 Covered stent and method of covering a stent 25 2000
7,354,449 Covered stent and method of covering a stent 3 2004
 
BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC. (5)
6,398,803 Partial encapsulation of stents 89 1999
6,558,414 Partial encapsulation of stents using strips and bands 32 1999
6,770,087 Partial encapsulation of stents 13 2001
7,914,639 Partial encapsulation of stents 0 2009
8,337,650 Methods for making a supported graft 0 2012
 
C.R. BARD, INC. (5)
6,579,314 Covered stent with encapsulated ends 66 1999
6,740,115 Covered stent with encapsulated ends 29 2003
7,083,640 Covered stent with encapsulated ends 9 2004
8,087,923 Extremely thin-walled ePTFE 1 2008
8,196,279 Stent-graft covering process 1 2009
 
SCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS, INC. (5)
6,699,276 Support structure/membrane composite medical device 21 2000
6,733,524 Polymer coated stent 23 2002
6,719,783 PTFE vascular graft and method of manufacture 27 2002
7,285,132 Polymer coated stent 3 2004
7,425,291 Apparatus and method for extrusion of thin-walled tubes 2 2004
 
THORATEC CORPORATION (5)
6,761,700 Extra-corporeal vascular conduit 3 2001
7,614,997 Implantable heart assist system and method of applying same 6 2006
7,591,778 Implantable heart assist system and method of applying same 0 2006
7,588,531 Implantable heart assist system and method of applying same 0 2006
7,993,260 Implantable heart assist system and method of applying same 0 2009
 
CID S.P.A. (4)
6,638,302 Stent for angioplasty and associated production process 85 1997
7,607,208 Method of making a medicated stent 5 2003
7,739,781 Process for producing a stent for angioplasty 1 2007
7,946,019 Process for producing a stent for angioplasty 0 2010
 
ACACIA RESEARCH GROUP LLC (3)
6,001,125 PTFE vascular prosthesis and method of manufacture 105 1998
6,428,571 Self-sealing PTFE vascular graft and manufacturing methods 52 2000
7,244,271 Self-sealing PTFE vascular graft and manufacturing methods 8 2004
 
ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC. (3)
6,800,089 Mechanical attachment method of cover materials on stents 17 2000
6,929,768 Method of making a catheter balloon by laser fusing wrapped material 2 2002
6,878,329 Method of making a catheter balloon using a polyimide covered mandrel 4 2002
 
LIFEPORT SCIENCES LLC (2)
6,165,211 Expandable stent-graft covered with expanded polytetrafluoroethylene 43 1997
RE40122 Expandable stent-graft covered with expanded polytetrafluoroethylene 15 2005
 
MERLIN MD PTE LTD (2)
8,333,798 Implantable medical devices with enhanced visibility, mechanical properties and biocompatability 0 2004
8,262,692 Endovascular device 0 2008
 
TAYSIDE FLOW TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED (2)
7,331,989 Insert for a conduit 2 2002
8,021,415 Insert for a conduit 0 2008
 
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC/SCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS, INC. (1)
6,945,991 Composite tubular prostheses 0 2000
 
BRIDGER BIOMED, INC. (1)
7,306,841 PTFE material with aggregations of nodes 2 2004
 
ELLIOT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS III, LTD. (1)
7,709,631 Oxidized microbial cellulose and use thereof 0 2007
 
FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO., LTD. (1)
6,565,507 Flexible tube, and method for manufacturing same 23 2001
 
MEDINOL LTD. (1)
7,384,428 Method and apparatus for covering a stent 0 2003
 
SCHNEIDER (USA) (1)
6,524,334 Expandable stent-graft covered with expanded polytetrafluoroethylene 41 2000
 
SENTIENT HOLDINGS, LLC (1)
7,335,184 Balloon catheter and treatment apparatus 1 2003
 
SYNTHEON CARDIOLOGY, LLC (1)
8,252,036 Sealable endovascular implants and methods for their use 0 2007
 
OTHER [CHECK PATENT PROFILE FOR ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION] (3)
6,613,082 Stent having cover with drug delivery capability 30 2000
6,379,382 Stent having cover with drug delivery capability 88 2000
6,613,084 Stent having cover with drug delivery capability 60 2001