US 11,690,705 B2
Graft having a pocket for receiving a stent and woven graft material, forming a pocket
Ruwan Sumanasinghe, Carmel, IN (US); and Woong Kim, West Lafayette, IN (US)
Assigned to Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US)
Filed by Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/355,163.
Prior Publication US 2020/0289253 A1, Sep. 17, 2020
Int. Cl. A61F 2/07 (2013.01); D03D 3/02 (2006.01); D03D 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/07 (2013.01) [D03D 3/02 (2013.01); D03D 11/02 (2013.01); A61F 2002/075 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0025 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0023 (2013.01); D10B 2509/06 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tubular graft for use in a stent graft, the tubular graft comprising:
a first woven layer that forms a first side of the tubular graft, the first woven layer having a set of first warp ends;
a second woven layer that forms a second side of the tubular graft, the second woven layer having a set of second warp ends, wherein the second warp ends are distinct from the first warp ends; and
a woven pocket flap that extends from the first woven layer, wherein a pocket opening is defined between the woven pocket flap and the first woven layer, and wherein the woven pocket flap includes at least one common weft yarn with the first woven layer,
wherein the woven pocket flap includes a mouth configured to provide access to the pocket opening, the mouth facing a proximal direction or a distal direction such that the woven pocket flap is configured to receive an apex of a stent through the mouth; and
the woven pocket flap further comprising a first woven pocket flap and a second woven pocket flap, the mouth further comprising a first mouth facing the proximal direction and a second mouth formed by the second woven pocket flap facing the distal direction for receiving a second apex of the stent.