Patent ID: 7740653
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A vascular graft assembly, comprising: a tubular graft having a first end region and a second end region; at least one prosthesis having, a plurality of cells defined by struts having a first width, each cell having a bottom end and a top end, a flattened bulbous tail at the bottom end of at least more than one of the cells, and a flattened bulbous tail at the top end of at least more than one of the cells; and the at least one prosthesis being located at the first end region of the graft with the bottom end of each cell of the prosthesis positioned inside the tubular graft and the top end of each cell of the prosthesis positioned beyond the first end region and external the tubular graft, wherein each of the flattened bulbous tails has a perimeter and a continuous lateral surface bounded by the perimeter, the continuous lateral surface defining a second width greater than the first width.