Patent ID: 6635080
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A prosthetic graft for implantation in a body passage comprising:a tubular graft body comprising at least a first end on said tubular graft body; a first annular resilient element attached to said graft body adjacent said first end; and a stent attached to said graft body, said stent comprised of a continuous wire having: a plurality of circumferential rings, each ring having alternating peaks and valleys; at least one strut connecting adjacent rings, said strut having a first end connected to a concave side of a peak of one ring and a second end connected to a concave side of a trough of an adjacent ring, wherein said continuous wire is doubled along a segment of a ring from a point in a trough where a first strut joins said ring to a point on a peak of said ring where a second strut leaves said ring; and a first end adjacent said first annular element but being spaced away from said first annular element.