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A stent / graft especially designed to be used in a minimally invasive surgical procedure for treating an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) comprises an innermost tubular structure of a length (L1) formed by braiding a relatively few strands of shape memory alloy wire. The pick and pitch of the braid are such as to provide relative large fenestrations in the tubular wall. A portion of the innermost tubular structure of a length L2<L1 is surrounded by a further braided tubular structure having relatively many strands that occlude the fenestrations of the innermost tubular structure. The composite structure can be stretched to reduce the outer diameter of the stent / graft, allowing it to be drawn into a lumen of a delivery catheter. The catheter can then be advanced through the vascular system to the site of the AAA and then ejected, allowing it to self-expand with the portion L2 bridging the aneurysm. The portion L1>L2 does not block blood flow to the renal arteries while the portion L2 prevents the aneurysm to grown and burst.

A foldable intravascularly insertable blood pump employs an impeller with radially delivering vanes in combination with an annular deflection channel. The impeller is driven by a shaft extending through a catheter wherein the impeller and its envelope are foldable by relative displacement of the shaft and catheter.

A method of making a catheter balloon or other expandable tubular medical device or component thereof, in which an assembly of heat shrink material on an outer surface of coaxially disposed first and second tubes is heated to radially shrink the heat shrink material and reduce the outer diameter of the first tube. In a presently preferred embodiment, the heat shrink material extends at least along a central section of the first tube to reduce the outer diameter of the first tube at least along the central section of the first tube. The first and second tubes form the outer and inner layers, respectively, of a multilayered balloon, which has an improved low profile outer diameter.

A flexible tube having a laminated multi-layer structure including an outer layer composed of a main tube body layer formed of thermoplastic synthetic resin in a predetermined thickness and a reinforcing layer provided on the inner side of the main tube body layer, and an inner layer formed of a thin film sheet of air tight and low friction material. The inner layer is formed by rolling an elongated strip of a thin film sheet into a tubular form such that opposite lateral sides of the thin film sheet are overlapped one on the other to provide a thick wall portion extending longitudinally of and at one angular position of the inner layer.

The carbon nanotube of the present invention has an outer diameter of not more than 500 nm and a length of not less than 50 nm, and comprises a wall which is made of carbon and includes an outside region of an amorphous structure and an inside region of a crystalline structure. The carbon nanotube of the present invention is a novel carbon nanotube which allows functional groups to be readily bonded to the surface thereof since the outside region of the wall has an amorphous structure, and can exhibit a high electrical conductivity and a high strength since the inside region of the wall has a crystalline structure.

Chambers for a bushing bearing with damping means include outer sleeve and inner bearing part, accommodated in the outer sleeve with rigid bearing core and elastomeric bearing body surrounding the core. The expanding walls of the chambers are disposed transversely to the bearing axis (A). The inner bearing part is segmented with respect to the longitudinal axis (A) of the bearing and includes a center main segment with bearing core and bearing body and two end segments, each having an inner ring, an outer ring, and an interposed elastomeric element forming expanding wall of a chamber. The end segments are pressed with inner ring onto axial ends of the bearing core so that the material overlaps between the elastomeric elements of the end segments and the ribs of the bearing body. The channel is formed outside of the bearing body in a channel carrier element.

A medical device or component thereof, and particularly intracorporeal devices for therapeutic or diagnostic uses, formed at least in part of a copolymer having a hard block and a polylactone soft block. In a presently preferred embodiment, the hard block of the copolymer is a polyester, and more specifically, the copolymer comprises a di-block copolymer of poly(ethylene terephthalate) and polycaprolactone. The copolymer is suitable for forming a variety of medical devices or medical device components, and is preferably used to form a catheter balloon, such as a balloon for an angioplasty or stent delivery catheter. However, a variety of medical devices or medical device components can be formed of the copolymer, including stent covers, vascular grafts, and shaft components.

A catheter deliverable stent / graft especially designed to be used in a minimally invasive surgical procedure for treating a variety of vascular conditions such as aneurysms, stenotic lesions and saphenous vein grafts, comprises an innermost tubular structure and at least one further tubular member in coaxial arrangement. In one embodiment, the innermost tubular structure is of a length (L1) and is formed by braiding a relatively few strands of highly elastic metallic alloy. The pick and pitch of the braid are such as to provide relative large fenestrations in the tubular wall that permit blood flow through the wall and provide the primary radial support structure. A portion of the innermost tubular structure of a length L1 is surrounded by a further braided tubular structure having relatively many strands that substantially inhibit blood flow through the fenestrations of the innermost tubular structure. The composite structure can be stretched to reduce the outer diameter of the stent / graft, allowing it to be drawn into a lumen of a delivery catheter. The catheter can then be advanced through the vascular system to the site of treatment and then released, allowing it to self-expand against the vessel wall. Various optional embodiments are disclosed that allow one skilled in the art to tailor the design to the specific application.

An image pickup lens includes in order from an object side of the image pickup lens: a first lens having positive refractive power whose convex surface faces the object side of the image pickup lens; an aperture stop; a meniscus shaped second lens having positive refractive power whose convex surface faces an image side of the image pickup lens; and a third lens having negative refractive power whose concave surface faces the image side of the image pickup lens, wherein the image pickup lens satisfies the following conditional expressions:0.8<f1 / f<2.0  (1)20<((ν1+ν2) / 2)−ν3<70  (2)where f1 is a focal length of the first lens, f is a focal length of a total system of the image pickup lens, and ν1, ν2 and ν3 are the Abbe constants of the first to third lenses respectively.

This invention provides devices and methods for insertion of a catheter into a vessel. The devices include coaxial slidably mounted needle, dilator and catheter components. The methods include piercing a vessel with the needle component, dilating the pierced hole with the dilator component, retraction of the needle component, insertion of the catheter and withdrawal of the dilator.