Compliant venous graft

A venous graft for replacement of a section of an artery and methods of making the graft. The graft comprises a flexible, resilient, generally tubular external support and a vein segment carried within and having an ablumenal surface in contact with and supported by the tubular support, the venous g...

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Main Authors Zilla, Peter P, Rafiee, Nasser, Bezuidenhout, Deon, Franz, Thomas, Yeoman, Mark, Bowles, Hellmut, Douk, Narenk, Wolf, Michael F
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 08.05.2012
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Summary:A venous graft for replacement of a section of an artery and methods of making the graft. The graft comprises a flexible, resilient, generally tubular external support and a vein segment carried within and having an ablumenal surface in contact with and supported by the tubular support, the venous graft being capable of resilient radial expansion in a manner mimicking the radial compliance properties of an artery.