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Artificial vessel having excellent patency
Assignee: Kanegafuchi Chemical Industry Co Ltd
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Filing: 1986-08-20
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Granted: 1988-02-16
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Expires: 2006-08-20
Abstract
Abstract An artificial vessel having an excellent patency, wherein the vessel wall is made of an elastomer having a porous structure and the contact surface with blood has pores with a mean diameter of from 1 to 100 μm and holes with a mean diameter of from 0.01 to 10 μm. The artificial vessel may also be reinforced with tubular material made of fiber or with heat-set tubular material made of fiber so that the vessel has a stress-strain curve approximate to that of a vital vessel or the vessel can be subjected to sterilization by boiling or by high-pressure steam. The artificial vessel has the porosity, contact surface with blood suited for encapsulation, and an excellent patency as well as a compliance approximate to that of a vital vessel.
Inventors
- 👤 Kazuaki Kira
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 15:29
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61L; A61L27/00; A61L27/14; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/02; A61F2/04; A61F2/06; A61L27/50; A61L27/56; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S521/00; Y10S521/905; Y10S521/916
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
142 words
An artificial vessel having high patency, wherein the vessel wall comprises an elastomer having a porous structure and a density of 0.1 to 0.25 g/cm 3 , and wherein the inner surface of the vessel wall has pores of a mean diameter of 1 to 100 μm and holes of a mean diameter of 0.1 to 5 μm, said pores in the inner surface of the vessel wall being in continuous communication with pores in the entire thickness of the vessel wall and pores on the outside surface of the vessel wall, said holes being concave depressions which do not penetrate the entire thickness of the vessel wall, wherein the proportion of the number of said pores in the inner surface of the vessel to the number of said holes in the inner surface of the vessel wall is 1/1 to 1/1,000.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
142 words
An artificial vessel having high patency, wherein the vessel wall comprises an elastomer having a porous structure and a density of 0.1 to 0.25 g/cm 3 , and wherein the inner surface of the vessel wall has pores of a mean diameter of 1 to 100 μm and holes of a mean diameter of 0.1 to 5 μm, said pores in the inner surface of the vessel wall being in continuous communication with pores in the entire thickness of the vessel wall and pores on the outside surface of the vessel wall, said holes being concave depressions which do not penetrate the entire thickness of the vessel wall, wherein the proportion of the number of said pores in the inner surface of the vessel to the number of said holes in the inner surface of the vessel wall is 1/1 to 1/1,000.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
The artificial vessel of claim 1, wherein the vessel is reinforced with tubular material made of fiber.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
The artifical vessel of claim 1, wherein the vessel is reinforced with tubular material made of fiber, wherein said tubular material is heat-set prior to being incorporated into the vessel.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
The artificial vessel of claim 1, wherein the elastomer is a segmented polyurethane urea.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
88 words
The artificial vessel of claim 1, wherein the elastomer is a segmented polyurethane comprising a dimethylsiloxane of the formula ##STR2## wherein each of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , and R 6 in an alkylene group having at least 1 carbon atoms, each of a and g is independently zero or an integer of 1 to 30, each of b, c, e and f is independently 0 or 1, and d is an integer of not less than 2.
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