Patent ID: 8998972
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A stent graft for implantation in a body lumen comprising a tubular graft; a first stent section disposed on the tubular graft, the first stent section comprising reinforcing material formed into a first pattern; a second stent section disposed on the tubular graft, the second stent section comprising reinforcing material formed into a second pattern, the first pattern being different from the second pattern, the reinforcing material of the first and second stent sections being different from the material of the graft, wherein the reinforcing material of the first pattern is disposed on the tubular graft in a pattern which extends along and oscillates repeatedly across opposing sides of a line which is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tubular graft, and wherein the reinforcing material of the second pattern includes circumferential hoops orbiting the longitudinal axis of the tubular graft and extending circumferentially about the circumference of the tubular graft, each hoop being separate and spaced from each other hoop, the tubular graft having a first diameter in the region of the first stent section and a second diameter in the region of the second stent section, wherein the first diameter is different from the second diameter.