COMPLIANT VENOUS GRAFT

摘要

A venous graft for replacement of a section of an artery and methods of maki ng the graft. The graft comprises a flexible, resilient, generally tubular external support and a vein segment carried within and having an ablumenal surface in contact with and supported by the tubular support, the venous gra ft being capable of resilient radial expansion in a manner mimicking the radial compliance properties of an artery.