US 12,329,664 B2
Vessel prosthesis
Cang Lam, Tokyo (JP); Shirley Vong, Tokyo (JP); and Priscilla Tsai, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Terumo Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Terumo Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/336,157.
Application 17/336,157 is a continuation of application No. 16/428,677, filed on May 31, 2019, granted, now 11,045,337.
Application 16/428,677 is a continuation of application No. 15/268,379, filed on Sep. 16, 2016, granted, now 10,335,299, issued on Jul. 2, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/220,895, filed on Sep. 18, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0282948 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/86 (2013.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01)
CPC A61F 2/90 (2013.01) [A61F 2230/0054 (2013.01); A61F 2240/001 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.