Vascular prosthesis reduces vessel injury

The GORE? Hybrid Vascular Graft is an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) vascular prosthesis designed to address the common causes of graft failure, intimal hyperplasia, thrombosis, and seroma. It is intended for use as replacement or bypass of diseased vessels impacted by aortic aneurysmal, peripheral vascular and end stage renal disease. It may be used in an optional over the wire deployment method that reduces vessel injury and dissection.

Features of the graft include a durable nitinol reinforced section that is partially constrained to allow easy insertion and deployment into a vessel, a thrombo resistant CARMEDA? BioActive Surface (CBAS? Surface) with stable, end-point covalently bonded heparin, and unmatched graft handling characteristics that are consistent with all vascular grafts from W. L. Gore & Associates (www.goremedical.com/).