STENT GRAFT WITH ELASTOMERIC IMPERMEABLE LAYER

Abstract

Medical appliances, such as stent grafts, may be formed of a cover and a scaffolding. The cover is composed of multiple layers of polymeric materials. A luminal layer is formed of rotational spun fibers of polytetrafluoroethylene. An abluminal layer is formed of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene. The scaffolding is disposed between the luminal layer and the abluminal layer. A cell impermeable layer is also disposed between the luminal layer and the abluminal layer. The cell impermeable layer is formed of an elastomeric material. The cell impermeable layer is impervious to cell migration across the layer when the stent graft is in a nominal state and in an expanded state. The stent graft is free of pleats or wrinkles when the stent graft is in the nominal state and in the expanded state.

Description

Claims

1. A multilayered vascular prosthesis, comprising: a first layer comprising serially deposited polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) fibers providing a luminal surface of a vascular prosthesis;a second layer comprising an elastomeric material;a third layer comprising expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) providing an abluminal surface of the vascular prosthesis, wherein the second layer is disposed between the first layer and the third layer; anda scaffolding disposed between the first layer and the second layer;wherein the vascular prosthesis has a nominal diameter when in a nominal state, wherein the second layer is non-stretched;wherein the vascular prosthesis has an expanded diameter when in an expanded state, wherein the expanded diameter is larger than the nominal diameter; andwherein the vascular prosthesis is free of pleats when the vascular prosthesis is in the nominal state and the expanded state.

2. The multilayered vascular prosthesis of claim 1, wherein the second layer is cell impermeable when the vascular prosthesis is in the nominal state and the expanded state.

3. The multilayered vascular prosthesis of claim 1, wherein the elastomeric material comprises any one of silicone, thermoplastic elastomer, polyurethane, fluoroelastomer, thermoplastic polyolefin, or any combination thereof.

4. The multilayered vascular prosthesis of claim 1, wherein the axis of expansion of one or more sublayers of the third layer of ePTFE is disposed at an angle of between 0° and 25° to a longitudinal axis of the multilayered vascular prosthesis.

5. The multilayered vascular prosthesis of claim 1, wherein the nominal diameter ranges from two millimeters to 55 millimeters, andwherein the expanded diameter ranges from four millimeters to 55 millimeters.

6. The multilayered vascular prosthesis of claim 1, wherein the second layer circumferentially stretches when the vascular prosthesis is expanded from the nominal state to the expanded state, and wherein the circumferential stretch ranges from 0% to 200%.

7. The multilayered vascular prosthesis of claim 1, wherein each of the first layer and the third layer circumferentially stretch when the vascular prosthesis is expanded from the nominal state to the expanded state, and wherein the circumferential stretch ranges from 0% to 200%.

8. The multilayered vascular prosthesis of claim 1, wherein the scaffolding is configured to resist a radially inward oriented force applied by the second layer to prevent the vascular prosthesis from contracting from the expanded state to the nominal state.

9. The multilayered vascular prosthesis of claim 1, wherein the scaffolding is configured to apply a radially outward oriented force to circumferentially stretch the second layer 100%.

10. The multilayered vascular prosthesis of claim 1, wherein the serially deposited PTFE fibers are rotational spun.

11. The multilayered vascular prosthesis of claim 1, wherein the vascular prosthesis is a self-expanding stent graft.

12. The multilayered vascular prosthesis of claim 1, wherein the vascular prosthesis is a balloon expandable stent graft.

13. A method of constructing a multilayered vascular prosthesis, the method comprising: serially depositing polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) fibers on a mandrel to form a first layer, wherein the first layer comprises a nominal diameter;forming a scaffolding, wherein the scaffolding comprises a maximum diameter;disposing the scaffolding over the first layer;radially compressing the scaffolding, wherein the radially compressed scaffolding comprises the nominal diameter;disposing an elastomeric material over the first layer and the structural member to form a second layer; anddisposing a third layer comprising an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) material over the second layer.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein serially depositing the PTFE fibers on the mandrel comprises rotationally spinning a PTFE solution.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein disposing the elastomeric material over the first layer and the structural member comprises any one of spraying, dipping, painting, laminating, and disposing an extruded tube of the elastomeric material over the first layer and the structural member.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the first, second, and third layers are free of pleats.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the nominal diameter ranges from two millimeters to 55 millimeters, andwherein the maximum diameter is 200% larger than the nominal diameter.

18. A multilayered vascular prosthesis, comprising: a first layer comprising polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) providing a luminal surface of a vascular prosthesis;a second layer comprising an elastomeric material;a third layer comprising polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) providing an abluminal surface of the vascular prosthesis, wherein the second layer is disposed between the first layer and the third layer; anda scaffolding disposed between the first layer and the second layer;wherein the vascular prosthesis has a nominal diameter when in a nominal state, wherein the second layer is non-stretched;wherein the vascular prosthesis has an expanded diameter when in an expanded state, wherein the expanded diameter is larger than the nominal diameter; andwherein the vascular prosthesis is free of pleats when the vascular prosthesis is in the nominal state and the expanded state.

19. The multilayered vascular prosthesis of claim 18, wherein the second layer is cell impermeable when the vascular prosthesis is in the nominal state and the expanded state.

20. The multilayered vascular prosthesis of claim 18, wherein an axis of expansion of one or more sublayers of an ePTFE layer is disposed at an angle of between 0° and 25° to a longitudinal axis of the multilayered vascular prosthesis.