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Granted Patent B2
US 9,943,424 · App. 14/786,077 · Granted Apr 17, 2018

Artificial blood vessel

Inventors: Satoshi Yamada (Otsu, JP); Hiroshi Tsuchikura (Otsu, JP); Nobuaki Tanaka (Otsu, JP); Kazuhiro Tanahashi (Otsu, JP); Yuka Sakaguchi (Otsu, JP); Masaki Fujita (Otsu, JP); Koji Kadowaki (Otsu, JP)
Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
A61F2/89A61F2/06A61L27/18A61L33/068D04B21/02A61F2210/0076A61F2250/0017A61F2250/0067D10B2509/06
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Patent No.
US 9,943,424
App. No.
14/786,077
Granted
Apr 17, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An artificial blood vessel includes a tubular woven fabric composed of a multifilament yarn A including a first polyester and a multifilament yarn B including a second polyester, and has an inner diameter of 8 mm or less and a layer thickness of 50 μm or more and 250 μm or less, wherein the multifilament yarn A has a single fiber fineness of 1.0 dtex or more and a total fineness of 33 dtex or less, the multifilament yarn B has a single fiber fineness of 0.08 dtex or less and a total fineness of 66 dtex or less, and the multifilament yarn B forms loops on an inner wall surface of the tubular woven fabric.

Claims (4)

1. An artificial blood vessel comprising a tubular woven fabric composed of a multifilament yarn A comprising a first polyester and a multifilament yarn B comprising a second polyester, has an inner diameter of 8 mm or less and a layer thickness of 50 μm or more and 250 μm or less, and has a water permeability of 400 ml/min·cm 2 ·120 mmHg (16 kPa) or less, wherein the multifilament yarn A has a single fiber fineness of 1.0 dtex or more and a total fineness of 33 dtex or less, the multifilament yarn B has a single fiber fineness of 0.08 dtex or less and a total fineness of 66 dtex or less, the multifilament yarn B forms loops on an inner wall surface of the tubular woven fabric, and a number of single fibers in the multifilament yarn B is 40% to 80% of a number of single fibers that constitute the tubular woven fabric.

2. The artificial blood vessel according to claim 1 , comprising a bellows-type structure.

3. The artificial blood vessel according to claim 2 , further comprising an antithrombogenic material.

4. The artificial blood vessel according to claim 1 , further comprising an antithrombogenic material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2015
From: YAMADA, SATOSHI; TSUCHIKURA, HIROSHI; TANAKA, NOBUAKI; TANAHASHI, KAZUHIRO; SAKAGUCHI, YUKA; FUJITA, MASAKI; KADOWAKI, KOJI
To: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 036879/0933 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-093475 · Apr 26, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160058588A1 · Mar 3, 2016