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Blood vessel patch

Assignee: Bard Peripheral Vascular Inc

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Filing: 1989-05-26

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Granted: 1992-03-31

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Expires: 2009-05-26

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Abstract

Abstract A vascular patch for closing an incision in a blood vessel includes a base layer of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) having an outer coating of an elastomeric, biocompatible material such as polyurethane to minimize suture hole bleeding. Suture guidelines are formed upon the ablumenal side of the PFTE base layer prior to application of the elastomeric coating to facilitate proper and consistent placement of sutures. A colorant is added to the elastomeric coating to identify the ablumenal side of the vascular patch. The vascular patch is made by mounting an expanded PTFE tube upon a mandrel and applying a water based PFTE ink as a helical stripe about the outer surface of the PTFE tube to form the suture guidelines. The striped PTFE tube is then dip-coated or spray-coated with the elastomeric coating to which the colorant has been added. The PTFE tube is slit to form a flat sheet from which vascular patches are cut.

Inventors

👤 Ramon Berguer
👤 Robert C. Farnan
👤 William M. Colone
👤 Rajagopal R. Kowligi
👤 Linda V. Della Corna
👤 Joseph B. Sinnott

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US

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Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 20:10

CPC Classifications

A; A61; A61L; A61L31/00; A61L31/04; A61L31/048; A61B; A61B17/00; A61B17/0057; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/0063; A61F2/02; A61F2/04; A61F2/06; A61L27/00; A61L27/50; A61L27/507; A61L31/08; A61L31/10; A61B17/068; A61B17/072; A61B17/07292; A61F2/0077

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 15

Claim 1

Independent Claim 81 words

A vascular patch for patching incisions in blood vessels, comprising in combination: a. a substantially planar layer of expanded PTFE having a first lumenal side for overlying a blood vessel and having a second opposing ablumenal side for facing away from the blood vessel; and b. a non-porous elastomeric coating applied over at least the peripheral portions of the ablumenal side of the expanded PTFE layer to minimize suture hole bleeding resulting from the application of sutures to the vascular patch.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 81 words

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 35 words

A vascular patch as recited by claim 1 wherein said elastomeric coating is applied over the entire ablumenal side of the expanded PTFE layer but not over the lumenal side of the expanded PTFE layer.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 17 words

A vascular patch as recited by claim 1 wherein said elastomeric coating is a layer of polyurethane.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 37 words

A vascular patch as recited by claim 3 wherein said polyurethane layer has a colorant therein to distinguish the uncoated lumenal side of the expanded PTFE layer from the coated ablumenal side of the expanded PTFE layer.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 97 words

A vascular patch for patching incisions in blood vessels, comprising in combination: a. a layer of expanded PTFE having a first lumenal side for overlying a blood vessel and having a second opposing ablumenal side for facing away from the blood vessel; and b. a layer of polyurethane coated over the ablumenal side of the expanded PTFE layer but not over the lumenal side of the expanded PTFE layer, said polyurethane layer having a colorant therein to distinguish the uncoated lumenal side of the expanded PTFE layer from the coated ablumenal side of the expanded PTFE layer.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 97 words

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 100 words

A vascular patch for patching incisions in blood vessels, comprising in combination: a. a layer of expanded PTFE having a first lumenal side for overlying a blood vessel and having a second opposing ablumenal side for facing away from the blood vessel; b. indicia formed upon the ablumenal side of the PTFE layer; c. a layer of an elastomer coated over the ablumenal side of the expanded PTFE layer; d. said indicia being visible through the layer of elastomer to distinguish the uncoated lumenal side of the expanded PTFE layer from the coated ablumenal side of the expanded PTFE layer.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 100 words

A vascular patch for patching incisions in blood vessels, comprising in combination: a. a layer of expanded PTFE having a first lumenal side for overlying a blood vessel and having a second opposing ablumenal side for facing away from the blood vessel; b. indicia formed upon the ablumenal side of the PTFE layer; c. a layer of an elastomer coated over the ablumenal side of the expanded PTFE layer; d. said indicia being visible through the layer of elastomer to distinguish the uncoated lumenal side of the expanded PTFE layer from the coated ablumenal side of the expanded PTFE layer.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 16 words

A vascular patch as recited by claim 4 wherein said indicia is comprised of PTFE ink.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 35 words

A vascular patch as recited by claim 4 wherein said indicia includes suture guidelines for aiding a surgeon in the proper and consistent placement of sutures used to secure the patch to a blood vessel.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 30 words

A vascular patch as recited by claim 6 wherein said elastomer is selected from the group of elastomers consisting of medical-grade silicone rubber elastomers, segmented polyurethane, polyurethane-ureas, and silicone-polyurethane copolymers.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 19 words

A vascular patch as recited by claim 6 wherein said elastomer has a hardness rating between 50A-100A and 55D-60.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 109 words

A vascular patch for patching incisions in blood vessels, comprising in combination: a. a substantially planer layer of expanded PTFE having a first lumenal side for overlying a blood vessel and having a second opposing ablumenal side for facing away from the blood vessel; b. a non-porous layer of an elastomer coated over the ablumenal side of the expanded PTFE layer, said layer of elastomer being substantially transparent; and c. said layer of expanded PTFE including a colorant proximate one of the lumenal or ablumenal sides thereof, said colorant distinguishing the uncoated lumenal side of the expanded PTFE layer from the coated ablumenal side of the expanded PTFE layer.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 109 words

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