Michael S. Williams,Richard A. Glenn,Jeffrey A. Smith,Kevin D. Holbrook,Joseph M. DeSimone
申请号:
US12660753
公开号:
US08771337B2
申请日:
2010.03.03
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要:
A woven tubular endoprosthesis comprising means for locking the endoprosthesis in a deployed configuration is disclosed. The means for locking the endoprosthesis may comprise locking protrusions, notches, a chemical bond, a curable bond, or other mechanism. The woven fibers comprising the endoprosthesis may be hollow and comprise circumferentially oriented polymeric chains, and may be filled with a curable material. A method of treatment using an endoprosthesis according to the invention is also disclosed.