Patent ID: 8333799
Filing Date: 2012-12-18
Classification: A61F,B32B

Abstract:
1. An implantable prosthesis comprising: a continuous helical winding having a plurality of circumferential sections circumscribing a longitudinal axis from a first end to a second end to define a tube, the circumferential sections being spaced apart along the axis and including a plurality of struts joined together end to end, the end to end joining of two struts of the plurality of struts defining a vertex between the two struts; a plurality of bridges connecting one circumferential section to an adjacent circumferential section; and an annular ring including adjacent struts joined together and having five extensions with a first extension and a second extension extending from the annular ring and connecting to the first or second ends of the continuous helical winding, the first extension connecting to an end vertex at the first or second end, the second extension connecting to one of the plurality of bridges.