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

Claim 13:
14. An implantable device configured to be implanted in a body of a patient, the implantable device comprising:
a porous member comprising 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;
a first longitudinal constraining member covering a first portion of the abluminal surface of the porous member and secured to the first portion of the abluminal surface via an adhesive, the first longitudinal constraining member configured to maintain the first portion of the abluminal surface of the porous member in the longitudinally compressed configuration at least until implantation in the body of the patient to repair, support, and/or replace at least a portion of a body lumen, the first longitudinal constraining member comprising a porous film; and
a second longitudinal constraining member covering a second portion of the abluminal surface of the porous member and secured to the second portion of the abluminal surface via an adhesive, the second longitudinal constraining member configured to maintain the second portion of the abluminal surface of the porous member in the longitudinally compressed configuration for implantation in the body of the patient,
wherein application of a longitudinal force onto the first longitudinal constraining member causes release of the first longitudinal constraining member from the first portion such that the first portion extends to the longitudinally uncompressed configuration.