Patent ID: 6776604
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: A61F,B29C,B29L

Abstract:
A mold for the manufacture of an endovascular graft or section thereof which has a plurality of inflatable circumferential channels and at least one inflatable longitudinal channel in fluid communication with and connecting the circumferential channels, the mold comprising:a plurality of mold body portions configured to mate with at least one of the other mold body portions to produce an assembled mold having a main cavity portion with an inside surface contour that matches an outside surface contour of the endovascular graft section wherein the assembled mold comprises (a) a plurality of circumferential channel cavities that have inside surface contours that match outside surface contours of the plurality of inflatable circumferential channels in an expanded state; and (b) at least one longitudinal channel cavity in fluid communication with and connecting the circumferential channel cavities, the longitudinal channel cavity having an inside surface contour that matches an outside surface contour of the at least one inflatable longitudinal channel in an expanded state.