Porous tubular prostheses and method for making the same co-spraying water soluble and water insoluble fibrous components onto a rotating mandrel

摘要

A porous, tubular synthetic prosthesis (9), prosthesis precursor, and methods of producing the same are provided. Specifically the method involves co-spraying both a water soluble and water insoluble fibrous component (34,35) onto a mold to form the prosthesis precursor. The water soluble fibrous component (35) may then be at least partially removed so as to provide a porous, tubular synthetic prosthesis (9).