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Patent Inventor Names
Michael V. Chobotov0
Patrick Stephens0
Date of Patent
August 15, 2006
0Patent Application Number
100295840
Date Filed
December 20, 2001
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Patent abstract
A joint and method for producing a joint in an endovascular graft. In one embodiment, a flap of a flexible material portion of an endovascular graft is folded about a portion of an expandable member to form a loop portion. The flap is secured in the loop configuration so that tensile force on the expandable member is transferred into a shear force on the fixed portion of the flap.
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