Patent ID: 7682475
Filing Date: 2010-03-23
Classification: A61F,B29C,B29L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for securing a transversely oriented member to a flexible material portion of an endovascular graft or section thereof comprising: a) providing a first layer of flexible graft material; b) providing a flap of flexible graft material over a portion of the first layer; c) disposing the transversely oriented member in proximity to the flap; d) folding the flap over at least a portion of the transversely oriented member to form a looped portion of the flap about the transversely oriented member; e) securing the flap in the looped configuration; f) providing a second layer of flexible graft material; g) disposing the second layer over the flap and over at least a portion of the first layer; and h) securing the first and second layers to each other at a location distal from the flap to define a flexible material portion of an endovascular graft or section thereof.