Patent ID: 6468300
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
An intraluminal stent assembly, comprising an expandable metallic stent having a tubular structure with a first end, a second end, and a circumference configured to expand to a larger circumference from the first end to the second end of the stent, and disposed within a cylinder of biocompatible non-thrombogenic expandable heterologous tissue, the tissue cylinder having a first end with a circumference on the stent and a second end with a circumference on the stent, the tissue having a thickness of less than about 0.45 millimeters, and a first edge facing and abutting a second edge and secured thereto at a plurality of intermittent locations from the cylinder first end to the cylinder second end to form the cylinder, the intermittent secured locations being separated by unsecured portions of the first and second edges.