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Article: New York Inventor Develops Soft-Tissue Tubular Prostheses
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- January 29, 2007
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- Peter J. Schmitt of Franklin Square, N.Y., has developed single tubular woven or bifurcated prostheses with varying diameters and tapered transitions.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The prostheses comprise a seam along the tapered edges, thereby providing a substantially fluid-tight transition between sections or extents of the prostheses. The seam may be located at an edge where fabric of the prosthesis tapers from one diameter to a different diameter and/or at a point where the prosthesis splits such as a bifurcation."
An abstract of the invention, released by the Patent Office, said: "The seamed crotch may be used for tapered and ...