| CPC A61F 2/90 (2013.01) [A61F 2230/0054 (2013.01); A61F 2240/001 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |

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1. A vascular prosthesis comprising:
a plurality of wires woven together to form a tubular shape, each of the plurality of wires having terminal ends;
at least some of the terminal ends of the each of the plurality of wires being terminated with a cap having a cylindrical body and a rounded distal end;
the cap comprising a trimmed first terminal end, a trimmed second terminal end, and a metal tube positioned flush over and melted together with the trimmed first terminal end and the trimmed second terminal end; and,
wherein the trimmed first terminal end and the trimmed second terminal end contact each other and terminate within the cap.
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