LEANNA, GARY J.,NORTON, PAUL K.,BRADY, PETER,MOLLOY, DEAN,ZUPKOFSKA, MICHAEL E.
申请号：
CA2526382
公开号：
CA2526382C
申请日:
2004.05.24
申请国别(地区):
CA
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
An open frame prosthesis (16) is formed with looped end terminations (34, 36,38) at its proximal and distal ends. At one end of the prosthesis, thefilaments or strands are welded together in pairs to form strand couplings(46). A plurality of loop segments are connected to the strand couplings, oneloop segment for each pair of adjacent strand couplings. In one version of theprosthesis, strands at the opposite end are bent to form looped ends (33). Inanother version, loop segments are connected to pairs of strand couplings atboth ends of the prosthesis. The loop segments can be connected to thecouplings by welding, fusion bonds, or tubes, which are either crimped or heatshrunk.
