Graft retainer for a stent-graft
CA 2558644 C · Owner: Cook Medical Technologies Llc · Inventors: Melsheimer, Jeffry S.
Overview
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A stent assembly includes a stent, a graft material and a retainer. The graft material is secured between the stent and the retainer by retaining members on the retainer and complimentary receiver regions on the stent. In order to secure the graft material, the retainer is oriented relative to the stent , so that the retaining members align with the receiver regions. The orientation of the retainer relative to the stent allows the retaining members to cooperate , with the receiver regions. As a result the graft material is secured against the , stent without perforating the graft material.
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- Filed March 3, 2005 and granted April 22, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 3, 2025.
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