Skip to main content
DownloadPatent

United States

US 12,697,202 B2

Elastic stent graft

US 12,697,202 B2 is a granted patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), dated 2026-08-04. Applicant: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Its PDF downloads from this page without an account, up to 5 a day.

A first-page preview appears here once the PDF has been downloaded.
Applicant
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
Inventors
Edward H. Cully; Jeffrey B. Duncan; Ryan D. Kariniemi; Thomas E. Kariniemi; Jeffrey J. Kustusch; Jared S. Nelson
Publication date
2026-08-04
Filing date
2022-05-11
Document type
B2 Granted patent
Also written as
US 12,697,202 B2 · US12697202 · 12697202

Abstract

A stent graft including (1) a stent having a wall having at least one opening, an outer surface, and an inner surface and (2) a covering of a composite material having a least one expanded fluoropolymer membrane and an elastomer is provided. The cover can be used to cover the outer and/or the inner surface of the stent. The expanded fluoropolymer membrane contains serpentine fibrils. In exemplary embodiments, the fluoropolymer is polytetrafluoroethylene. The composite material may be axially and/or circumferentially wrapped around the stent.…

The opening of the abstract. The full text is in the PDF.

No account needed: 5 free downloads a day (5 left today). Batch downloads and Office Action citations need a free account.

Patent office website: United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Look up another patent

Need many patents at once?

Paste a whole list of numbers. DownloadPatent finds the right version of each and packs the PDFs into one ZIP.

Sign up free