Compliant blood vessel graft

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9517121
APP PUB NO 20090306764A1
SERIAL NO

12482978

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A graft includes a flexible, resilient, generally tubular external support and a blood vessel segment, carried within and having an ablumenal surface in contact with and supported by the tubular support, the graft being capable of resilient radial expansion in a manner mimicking the radial compliance properties of an artery.

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  • NEOGRAFT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bezuidenhout, Deon Capetown, ZA 44 1143
Bowles, Hellmut Bloubergrant, ZA 7 301
Douk, Nareak Lowell, US 75 11540
Franz, Thomas Capetown, ZA 27 420
Rafiee, Nasser Andover, US 122 14075
Wolf, Michael F Golden Valley, US 22 484
Yeoman, Mark Forest Row, GB 12 341
Zilla, Peter P Capetown, ZA 13 312

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