Patent ID: 11911537
Assignee: W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES GMBH
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 18:
19. An implantable device configured to be implanted in a body of a patient, the implantable device comprising:
a porous member including a microstructure including a multiplicity of fibrils, wherein the porous member comprises a longitudinally uncompressed configuration and a longitudinally compressed configuration, wherein a mean fibril length in the longitudinally uncompressed configuration is greater than a mean fibril length in the longitudinally compressed configuration; and
a first longitudinal constraining member including a cylindrical perforated sleeve, the first longitudinal constraining member covering a first portion of an abluminal surface of the porous member and configured to maintain the first portion of the abluminal surface of the porous member in the longitudinally compressed configuration for implantation in the body of the patient to repair, support, and/or replace at least a portion of a body lumen.