Patent ID: 11944530
Assignee: AQUEDEON MEDICAL, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A vascular graft configured to transition from an insertion state to a deployed state, comprising a proximal end having an expandable mesh, a distal end having an expandable mesh, and at least two intermediate sections positioned relatively closer to each other than to the proximal and distal ends of the vascular graft, the at least two intermediate sections comprising graft material connecting the proximal and distal ends along a longitudinal axis such that the proximal and distal ends are separated by a first distance in the insertion state, at least one of the at least two intermediate sections having a first outside diameter in the insertion state and being configured to contract along the longitudinal axis to form, in part by compression of the vascular graft substantially in the longitudinal direction, an outwardly extending suture cuff between the proximal and distal ends when the vascular graft transitions from the insertion state to the deployed state such that the suture cuff formed from the at least two intermediate sections has a second outside diameter greater than the first outside diameter and the proximal and distal ends are separated by a second distance in the deployed state, the second distance being less than the first distance.