Patent ID: 7641681

Claim:
An implantable prosthesis comprising: a tubular graft comprising opposed open ends and having yarns in a textile pattern to define a textile wall having a luminal surface and an exterior surface; and a tubular, radially extensible member comprising a tubular portion arranged in an open-cell arrangement and longitudinally extending members having opposed proximal and distal ends, said proximal ends of said longitudinally extending members extending from the tubular portion, said distal ends of said longitudinally extending members being distal from said tubular portion, said longitudinally extending members having a plurality of detents securing said yarns within said textile pattern at one of said opposed open ends, wherein said yarns of said textile patterns are securably engaged to said detents, wherein said tubular portion of said radially extendible member is disposed beyond one of said open ends of said graft, and wherein said longitudinally extending members are not in direct contact with to one another at any portion distal from said proximal ends of said longitudinally extending members extending from the tubular portion.