Patents Assigned to Prograft Medical, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6015431
    Abstract: An implantable medical device has a tubular member and a sealing member secured to an outer surface of the tubular member. The tubular member is expandable to engage an endolumenal wall and has a lumen for providing an artificial conduit for flow through an endolumenal space defined by that wall. The seal member occludes flow around the tubular member between the outer surface and the endolumenal wall. One suitable tubular member for use in the present invention is a stent-graft which may be bifurcated for use in protecting vascular wall malformations adjacent to vascular bifurcations against endolumenal pressure and flow. The seal member may be a flange that is oriented on the outer surface at one end of the tubular member as a one-way valve against flow. Multiple seal members may be used, either on opposite ends of the tubular member or in series at one end thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: Prograft Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Troy Thornton, Lilip Lau