Patent ID: 8591572

Claim:
A surgical implant made from biocompatible fiber material as a woven textile fabric, in the form of a vascular prosthesis, having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface is substantially smooth, and the outer surface is structured, wherein; the woven fabric is configured in a plain weave, including a base structure with a plain weave, and wherein the woven fabric has a water permeability in the range of from 100 to 300 ml/cm 2 ·min so configured that its permeability to blood, to which anticoagulants have been added, is so low that the blood impregnates the textile fabric upon implantation and seals it off by coagulating; only flat threads are used as warp threads; only flat threads are used as weft threads; and floating threads are included; wherein the floating threads extend only in the warp direction, and the weft direction is devoid of any floating threads, wherein the floating threads lie flat in the woven fabric surface and do not form loops, and wherein one or more of the floating threads are textured.