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Appliance to be implanted, method of collapsing the appliance to be implanted and method of using the appliance to be implanted
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1996-05-17
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Granted: 1998-12-01
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Expires: 2016-05-17
Abstract
Abstract The artificial blood vessel A comprises a front end wire ring 10 1 , a rear end wire ring 10 2 arranged facing to the front end wire ring 10 1 , a tubular cover 7 which connects the end wire rings 10 1 , 10 2 , and a plurality of intermediate wire rings 12 arranged spaced apart from each other between the front end wire ring 10 1 and the rear end wire ring 10 2 . Each of the front end wire ring 10 1 , the rear end wire ring 10 2 and the intermediate wire rings 12 are given flexibly foldable elasticity. The circumference of the front end wire ring 10 1 is equally divided into four by dividing points 41 1 , 42 1 , 43 1 , 44 1 . Hooking devices 13 are formed for a front pull string to be passed through at the dividing points 41 1 , 43 1 . The circumference of the intermediate wire ring 12 is fixed to the tubular cover 7 by suturing or with adhesive at the positions 51 3 , 52 3 , 53 3 , 54 3 which correspond to the midpoint 51 1 between the dividing points 41 1 , 42 1 , the midpoint 52 1 between the dividing points 42 1 , 43 1 , the midpoint 53 1 between the dividing points 43 1 , 44 1 , and the midpoint 54 1 between the dividing points 44 1 , 41 1 .
Inventors
- 👤 Kanji Inoue
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 19:58
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/02; A61F2/04; A61F2/06; A61F2/07; A61F2/95; A61F2/9522; A61F2/954; A61F2/962; A61F2/97; A61F2/82; A61F2/86; A61F2/89; A61F2/9525; A61F2002/065; A61F2002/072; A61F2002/075; A61F2002/9505; A61F2002/9511; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S623/00; Y10S623/902; Y10S623/903
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
193 words
The appliance to be implanted, comprising a front end wire ring, a rear end wire ring arranged facing to said front end wire ring, a tubular cover which connects said front end wire ring and said rear end wire ring, and a plurality of intermediate wire rings spaced apart from each other between the front end wire ring and the rear end wire ring, in which each of the wire rings is given flexibly foldable elasticity, characterized in that the circumference of said front end wire ring and said intermediate wire rings are equally divided into four or an even number over four segments with dividing points between said segments, that hooking means are formed for a front pull string to be passed through every other dividing point between said segments in said front end wire ring and that the circumference of the intermediate wire rings are fixed to the tubular cover by suturing or with adhesive only at positions which correspond to midpoints between each adjacent two of the dividing points on said intermediate wire rings, said midpoints on said front end wire ring and said intermediate wire rings being in alignment.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
193 words
The appliance to be implanted, comprising a front end wire ring, a rear end wire ring arranged facing to said front end wire ring, a tubular cover which connects said front end wire ring and said rear end wire ring, and a plurality of intermediate wire rings spaced apart from each other between the front end wire ring and the rear end wire ring, in which each of the wire rings is given flexibly foldable elasticity, characterized in that the circumference of said front end wire ring and said intermediate wire rings are equally divided into four or an even number over four segments with dividing points between said segments, that hooking means are formed for a front pull string to be passed through every other dividing point between said segments in said front end wire ring and that the circumference of the intermediate wire rings are fixed to the tubular cover by suturing or with adhesive only at positions which correspond to midpoints between each adjacent two of the dividing points on said intermediate wire rings, said midpoints on said front end wire ring and said intermediate wire rings being in alignment.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
The appliance to be implanted, described in claim 1 and characterized by that a single rear end wire ring is arranged to face to a single front end wire ring.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
53 words
The appliance to be implanted, described in claim 1 and characterized by that parallely arranged two rear end wire rings are arranged to face to a single front end wire ring and that a bifurcated tubular cover connects the front end wire ring and two rear end wire rings with forming a Y-shape.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
The appliance to be implanted, described in claim 1 and characterized by that each of the front and rear end wire rings is circumferentially covered with elastic protective material.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
The appliance to be implanted, described in claim 1 and characterized by that thorns are provided on the circumference of at least one of said wire rings so as to stick into a human organ to be embedded therein.
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