Patent ID: 9517123
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. An endovascular prosthesis, comprising: at least one stent, and a woven graft material having a length and a circumference, wherein the at least one stent is connected to the graft material by direct attachment of the at least one stent to the graft material at thermoplastically fused regions of the graft material, and wherein the at least one stent comprises a stent segment, wherein the thermoplastically fused regions are disposed along the entire length and about the entire circumference of the of the graft material and comprise 30% or less of the graft material, wherein the thermoplastically fused regions are melted regions of graft material that have lost some or all of its woven attributes, wherein the remainder of the graft material retains its woven attribute, wherein the graft material comprises a first surface, a second surface and an interior region therebetween; each stent segment comprises a length and four sides, wherein the four sides consist of: a graft material contacting face, which is substantially parallel to and in contact with the second surface; a first edge and a second edge, wherein the first and second edges are on opposite sides of the at stent segment and are substantially perpendicular to the contacting face; and an opposing face, which is located on the opposite side of the one stent segment from the contacting face, and wherein the contacting face, the first edge and the second of each stent segment are substantially enclosed by one of the thermoplastically fused regions.