Patents Assigned to Wiiliam Cook Europe ApS
  • VARIABLE WEAVE GRAFT WITH METAL STRAND REINFORCEMENT FOR IN SITU FENESTRATION
    Publication number: 20100161025
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an implantable woven graft for bridging a defect in a main vessel near one or more branch vessels. The graft includes a region of reduced density. Reduced density regions are alignable with at least one of the one or more branch vessels, and are suitable for in situ fenestration, for example by perforation. The disclosed examples are particularly suited for bridging abdominal aortic aneurysms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicants: Cook, Incorporated, Wiiliam Cook Europe ApS
    Inventors: Shyam Kuppurathanam, David P. Biggs, Krasnodar Ivancev, Peter Harris