EP0933070A2
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Appliance to be implanted
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1996-05-17
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2016-05-17
Abstract
Abstract The artificial blood vessel P comprises a front end wire ring, a rear end wire ring arranged facing to the front end wire ring, a tubular cover 7 which connects the end wire rings 10 1 , 10 2 , and a plurality of intermediate wire rings arranged spaced apart from each other between the front end wire ring and the rear end wire ring. Each of the front end wire ring, the rear end wire ring and the intermediate wire rings are given flexibly foldable elasticity. The blood vessel P is provided with an expandable elastic thread (500X) which acts on the appliance to be implanted to shrink.
Inventors
- 👤 Kanji Inoue
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 17:45
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/02; A61F2/04; A61F2/06; A61F2/07; A61F2/95; A61F2/954; A61F2/962; A61F2/97; A61F2/82; A61F2/86; A61F2/89; A61F2/9522; A61F2/9525; A61F2002/065; A61F2002/072; A61F2002/075; A61F2002/9505; A61F2002/9511; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S623/00; Y10S623/902; Y10S623/903
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
89 words
An appliance to be implanted, comprising a front end wire
ring, a rear end wire ring arranged facing to said front end
wire ring, a tubular cover (7) which connects said front and
rear end wire rings, and a plurality of intermediate wire rings
spaced apart from each other between the front and rear end wire
rings, in which each of the wire rings is given flexibly
foldable elasticity, characterized by that an expandable elastic
thread (500X) is provided which acts on the appliance to be
implanted to shrink.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
20 words
The appliance to be implanted, described in claim 1 and
characterized by that said elastic thread is made of urethane.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The appliance to be implanted, described in claim 1 or 2 and
characterized by that said cover has a shape of bellows.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
The appliance to be implanted, described in claim 1, 2 or 3
and characterized by that a single rear end wire ring is
arranged to face to a single front end wire ring.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
57 words
The appliance to be implanted described in claim 1, 2, or 3
and characterized by that parallely arranged two rear end wire
rings are arranged to face to a single front end wire ring and
that said tubular cover is bifurcated to connect the front end
wire ring and two rear end wire rings with forming Y-shape.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
98 words
The appliance to be implanted, described in claim 1, 2, 3, 4
or 5 and characterized by that the circumference of said front
end wire ring is equally divided into four or an even number
over four, that hooking means are formed for a front pull string
to be passed through at every other dividing point and that the
circumference of the intermediate wire ring is fixed to the
tubular cover by suturing or with adhesive at the positions
which correspond to the midpoints between each adjacent two of
the dividing points on the front end wire ring.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
179 words
The appliance to be implanted, comprising a front end wire
ring, a rear end wire ring arranged facing to said front end
wire ring, a tubular cover which connects said front end wire
ring and said rear end wire ring, and a plurality of
intermediate wire rings spaced apart from each other between the
front end wire ring and the rear end wire ring, in which each of
the wire rings is given flexibly foldable elasticity,
characterized by that the circumference of said front end wire
ring is equally divided into four or an even number over four,
that hooking means are formed for a front pull string to be
passed through at every other dividing point and that the
circumference of the intermediate wire ring is fixed to the
tubular cover by suturing or with adhesive at the positions
which correspond to the midpoints between each adjacent two of
the dividing points on the front end wire ring and by that an
expandable elastic thread (500X) is provided which acts on the
appliance to be implanted to shrink.
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