Patent ID: 7959662
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An unexpanded ex vivo endovascular prosthesis for implantation in a body passageway, the prosthesis comprising: a unitary tubular wall, the tubular wall, prior to implantation into the body passageway, being independently: the unitary tubular wall comprising two adjacent undulating circumferential members coupled together by two adjacent undulating longitudinal members; a covering material coupled to said two adjacent undulating circumferential members; said two adjacent undulating longitudinal members being longitudinally expandable prior to radial expansion of said two adjacent undulating circumferential members; and said covering material having a longitudinal length that is greater than a longitudinal length between two adjacent undulating circumferential members prior to the longitudinal expansion of said two adjacent undulating circumferential members.