CPC A61F 2/07 (2013.01) [A61F 2/89 (2013.01); A61F 2/91 (2013.01); A61F 2002/075 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91583 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A stent-graft comprising:
a graft having a proximal end and a distal end and defining an elongate lumen having a longitudinal axis;
an internal sealing stent adjacent the proximal end of the graft;
a plurality of body stents distal of the internal sealing stent, the plurality of body stents having a plurality of struts and an apex between each of the plurality struts, the apices including proximal apices and distal apices;
at least one running suture attaching a body stent of plurality of body stents to the graft, the running suture comprising:
first and second knots knotted along a length of the struts of the plurality of struts at intermediate points spaced from the proximal and distal apices, wherein a length of the running suture runs between the first and second knots; and
at least one bridging portion spaced from the proximal and distal apices and more proximate the distal apices, the at least one bridging portion extending transversely between the first knot on a first strut and a first knot on a second strut next adjacent the first strut and linking the first knot on the first strut and the first knot on the second strut.
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