Patent ID: 9060853
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A prosthesis comprising: a substantially tubular graft having a first end, a second end, a first edge at the first end, and a second edge at the second end, each of the first and second edges defining a periphery about the end of the graft; an expandable stent attached to the graft at one of the ends of the substantially tubular graft, and having a first end, a second end, and a plurality of apices at the second end, each apex having a surface; a suture bore disposed through the surface of each of the plurality of apices of the second end of the stent, the suture bore disposed inwardly of an edge of the graft; an imaging bore disposed through the surface of each of the plurality of apices of the second end of the stent, the imaging bore disposed directly axially adjacent the suture bore; an imaging element disposed in each imaging bore and having an area; wherein each imaging element is aligned precisely with one of the first and second edges of the graft such that the area of the imaging element overlaps edge of the graft and the location of the imaging element corresponds precisely with the edge of the graft with which it is aligned and provides precise imaging of the edge about the periphery.