Prosthesis for blood vessel

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PATENT NO 6689160
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09980094

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A prosthesis for a blood vessel, which is an expanded porous polytetrafluoroethylene tube having a fine fibrous structure with nodes connected to each other by fibrils. The average fibril length is at least 40 .mu.m, and the tube has a porosity of at least 70%. The load required for compressing the tube by 10% in its axial direction at a strain rate of 100%/min is at least 10 gf. The resistant force per unit sectional area of the tube produced upon the 10% compression is at least 1.0 gf/mm.sup.2.

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SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD5-33 KITAHAMA 4-CHOME CHUO-KU OSAKA-SHI OSAKA 5410041 ?5410041

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hayashi, Fumihiro Osaka, JP 34 172
Kumada, Toshihiko Tokyo, JP 1 33
Miura, Hidehiko Hokkaido, JP 12 137
Natori, Koichiro Osaka, JP 3 37
Nishibe, Toshiya Hokkaido, JP 1 33
Okuda, Yasuhiro Osaka, JP 47 406

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