EP1537836A3
Prosthesis graft with z pleating
Abstract
A prosthesis for maintaining lumen patency which comprising a substantially cylindrical hollow body having a distal end and a proximal end. The body is formed from a self-supporting non-metallic graft material and at least a portion of the graft material can include a plurality of pleats disposed in a Z pattern. In an alternate aspect the graft material can include a plurality of pleats disposed in a pattern that provides radial support to the body while maintaining flexibility.
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| EP0666066A1 | Cites | European Patent Office (EPO) | X | Search report | 1-8,10-12 |
| EP0955019A2 | Cites | European Patent Office (EPO) | X | Search report | 1,12,17 |
| US2002091439A1 | Cites | United States of America | X | Search report | 1-6,9,12,17 |
| FR2334488A1 | Cites | France | X | Search report | 1,6-9,12-17 |
12 members in 6 offices
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| 725147 | United States of America | – | |
| 72514703 | United States of America | A | |
| 725147 | – | – | – |
| US20030725147 | – | – | – |
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| CA2488954A1 | Canada | A1 | |
| US2005119730A1 | United States of America | A1 | |
| EP1537836A2 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A2 | |
| JP2005161057A | Japan | A | |
| EP1537836A3This record | European Patent Office (EPO) | A3 | |
| EP1537836B1 | European Patent Office (EPO) | B1 | |
| AT427078T | Austria | T | |
| ATE427078T1 | Austria | T1 | |
| DE602004020309D1 | Germany | D1 | |
| US7575591B2 | United States of America | B2 | |
| CA2488954C | Canada | C | |
| JP4717423B2 | Japan | B2 |
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| Title (correction)PROSTHESIS GRAFT WITH Z OR SINUSOIDAL PLEATING ARRANGED PARALLEL TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS.RTI1 | RTI1 | EP | |
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Numbers
- Publication
- 1537836
- Publication, DOCDB
- 1537836
- Publication, EPODOC
- EP1537836
- Application
- 4257350
- Application, DOCDB
- 04257350
- Application, EPODOC
- EP20040257350
Titles3
- German
- Z-Faltprothese
- English
- Prosthesis graft with z pleating
- French
- Prothèse vasculaire gaufrée
Classification
- CPC, 9
- A61F2/07
- A61F2/844
- A61F2/88
- A61F2/89
- A61F2/90
- A61F2220/005
- A61F2220/0058
- A61F2220/0066
- A61F2220/0075
- IPC, 3
- A61F2 06
- A61F2 04
- A61F2 84
Designated states2
- Contracting states, 1
- Türkiye
- Extension states, 1
- Yugoslavia, later Serbia and Montenegro (until 2006)