Patent ID: 8915956
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: A61F,D03D,D10B

Abstract:
1. An endoluminal prosthesis, comprising: a tubular graft body comprising: a proximal end; a distal end; a surface plane; at least one fenestration having a perimeter disposed in a sidewall of the tubular graft body between the proximal end and the distal end; a first biocompatible graft material; and a second biocompatible graft material adjacent to and surrounding the perimeter of the at least one fenestration and defining a region of second biocompatible graft material adjacent to and surrounding the perimeter of the at least one fenestration, where the second biocompatible graft material has at least one characteristic different from the first biocompatible graft material, where the second biocompatible material is more flexible than the first biocompatible graft material such that the at least one fenestration is movable relative to the surface plane of the tubular graft body, where the region of the second biocompatible graft material is defined by a woven fabric comprising warp yarns aligned in a first direction interwoven with weft yarns aligned in a second direction, where the number of warp yarns aligned in the first direction are increased and then decreased while the weft yarns aligned in the second direction are held constant such that a protrusion is formed in an area of the tubular graft body comprising the at least one fenestration, and where the region of the second biocompatible graft material comprises between about 50 and about 300 weft yarns per inch and between about 50 and about 300warp yarns per inch.