Patent ID: 6036723
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
Vascular prosthesis (10, 60, 70) arranged to be implanted by the percutaneous endoluminal route, comprising a flexible sleeve (27, 65, 79) to channel blood therein, and a tubular armature (or stent) (29, 67, 81) to which the sleeve is connected essentially coaxially, the armature being capable of having a first diameter or a second diameter larger than the first, so that the prosthesis is in the form of a single tube (10, 60) or bifurcated tube (1, 70) assuming a radially constricted state for its percutaneous vascular implantation, or a radially opened out state, once it is vascularly implanted, characterized in that it additionally comprises a vascularly anastomosable terminal portion of sleeve (27a, 63, 71, 73) which extends, or is added onto, the said flexible sleeve, beyond the armature, this portion configured to be anastomosed, in particular by suture, to at least one vessel or vessel substitute.