Patents Represented by Attorney Baxter Hlthcare
  • Patent number: 6071307
    Abstract: An endoluminal grafts is provided which is constructed to be radially collapsed and/or radially compressed to a small diameter. The graft has wireforms which generally comprise a wire deformed into generally annular configuration and consisting of a plurality of curvilinear wave forms. The wave forms have a plurality of first apices in linear alignment with each other, a plurality of second apices in linear alignment with each other, and a plurality of curvilinear segments traversing back and forth between said first and second apices. The graft is i) initially disposable in a radially compact configuration of a first diameter and ii) subsequently expandable to a radially expanded configuration of a second diameter, said second diameter being larger than said first diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Baxter International Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Rhee, John McIntyre, Seik Oh