Patent ID: 7758633

Claim:
An implantable prosthesis comprising: a first hollow tubular woven portion having a number of warp yarns interlaced with a first number of fill yarns in a flat-woven tubular woven pattern to define a flat-woven tubular diameter; a generally spherical bulbous woven portion seamlessly transitioned from said first woven section, said bulbous woven section having a greater number of warp yarns interlaced with said fill yarns in a flat-woven tubular bulbous pattern, said bulbous woven portion including a first bulbous end and a second bulbous end, said first bulbous end including a textile portion having an increased number of warp yarns at the rate of more than three warp yarns for every two of said fill yarns, the second bulbous end including a textile portion having a decreasing number of warp yarns at the rate of at least three warp yarns or greater for every two of said fill yarns; and a third hollow tubular woven portion seamlessly transitioned from said bulbous portion, said third woven portion having a third number of warp yarns interlaced with said number of fill yarns in a flat-woven tubular pattern to define a third flat-woven tubular diameter, wherein said greater number of warp yarns of said bulbous portion is greater than said first or said third number of warp yarns; said woven pattern of said bulbous woven portion comprises a terry weave and said woven pattern of said first and third hollow tubular woven portions comprises a woven pattern selected from the group consisting of a plain weave, basket weave, twill weave, velour weave, double velour weave, satin weave, and combinations thereof.