Patent ID: 9539360
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: A61F,A61L,C08L,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method of making an implantable tubular graft comprising: a). providing a cylindrical mandrel having a surface; b). providing the mandrel surface with a wrapping of a first graft material that has a high strength orientation in a direction that is substantially circumferential with respect to the surface of the mandrel; c). providing the wrapping of first graft material with a covering of an elastomeric material; d). providing the elastomeric material with a covering of a second graft material; e). removing the resulting tubular structure from the mandrel and everting the tubular structure such that substantially the entire thickness of the elastomeric layer is under circumferential compression from the first graft material following eversion of the implantable tubular vascular graft.