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Vascular prostheses
Assignee: Terumo Corp
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Filing: 1994-05-02
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Granted: 1995-12-19
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Expires: 2014-05-02
Abstract
Abstract A vascular prosthesis is disclosed which excels in expansibility and allows satisfactory attachment thereto of cells and tissues. This vascular prosthesis is obtained by air-jet entangling a mass of yarns containing in at least a part thereof an elastic bulked yarn in order to get an entangled yarn furnished with fine crimps formed in fiber thereof, and fabricating a tubular fabric of the entangled fiber by one treatment selected from among weaving, knitting, and braiding treatments.
Inventors
- 👤 Sobei Wakabayashi
- 👤 Tomoko Hashimukai
- 👤 Takeo Katakura
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 14:48
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/02; A61F2/04; A61F2/06; A61L; A61L27/00; A61L27/14; A61L27/18; D; D04; D04B; D04B21/00; D04B21/14; D04B21/18; D10; D10B; D10B2509/00; D10B2509/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
112 words
A vascular prosthesis comprising a tubular fabric adapted for direct contact with blood and the passage of blood therethrough, said fabric comprising yarn entangled prior to being formed into said fabric, wherein said entangled yarn is obtained by entangling an elastic yarn with one of another elastic yarn and a nonelastic yarn, wherein the elongation ratio of said vascular prosthesis is in the range of from 2 to 15% in the radial direction and 2 to 20% in the axial direction under the load of an inner pressure of 150 mmHg, and wherein said tubular fabric is fabricated by a process selected from the group consisting of weaving, knitting and combinations thereof.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
112 words
A vascular prosthesis comprising a tubular fabric adapted for direct contact with blood and the passage of blood therethrough, said fabric comprising yarn entangled prior to being formed into said fabric, wherein said entangled yarn is obtained by entangling an elastic yarn with one of another elastic yarn and a nonelastic yarn, wherein the elongation ratio of said vascular prosthesis is in the range of from 2 to 15% in the radial direction and 2 to 20% in the axial direction under the load of an inner pressure of 150 mmHg, and wherein said tubular fabric is fabricated by a process selected from the group consisting of weaving, knitting and combinations thereof.
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