CA2436781A1 - High density microwall expanded polytetrafluoroethylene tubular structure - Google Patents

High density microwall expanded polytetrafluoroethylene tubular structure Download PDF

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CA2436781A1
CA2436781A1 CA002436781A CA2436781A CA2436781A1 CA 2436781 A1 CA2436781 A1 CA 2436781A1 CA 002436781 A CA002436781 A CA 002436781A CA 2436781 A CA2436781 A CA 2436781A CA 2436781 A1 CA2436781 A1 CA 2436781A1
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Randy Earl Saylor
Robert Hunkins
Robert Calcote
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C55/00—Shaping by stretching, e.g. drawing through a die; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C55/02—Shaping by stretching, e.g. drawing through a die; Apparatus therefor of plates or sheets
    • B29C55/18—Shaping by stretching, e.g. drawing through a die; Apparatus therefor of plates or sheets by squeezing between surfaces, e.g. rollers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/04—Hollow or tubular parts of organs, e.g. bladders, tracheae, bronchi or bile ducts
    • A61F2/06—Blood vessels
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L31/00—Materials for other surgical articles, e.g. stents, stent-grafts, shunts, surgical drapes, guide wires, materials for adhesion prevention, occluding devices, surgical gloves, tissue fixation devices
    • A61L31/04—Macromolecular materials
    • A61L31/048—Macromolecular materials obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C55/00—Shaping by stretching, e.g. drawing through a die; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C55/005—Shaping by stretching, e.g. drawing through a die; Apparatus therefor characterised by the choice of materials
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C55/00—Shaping by stretching, e.g. drawing through a die; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C55/22—Shaping by stretching, e.g. drawing through a die; Apparatus therefor of tubes
    • B29C55/24—Shaping by stretching, e.g. drawing through a die; Apparatus therefor of tubes radial
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29K—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR MOULDS, REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS
    • B29K2027/00—Use of polyvinylhalogenides or derivatives thereof as moulding material
    • B29K2027/12—Use of polyvinylhalogenides or derivatives thereof as moulding material containing fluorine
    • B29K2027/18—PTFE, i.e. polytetrafluorethene, e.g. ePTFE, i.e. expanded polytetrafluorethene
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S623/00—Prosthesis, i.e. artificial body members, parts thereof, or aids and accessories therefor
    • Y10S623/901—Method of manufacturing prosthetic device

Abstract

A high density microwall ePTFE structure with increased radial strength and suture retention and a method for producing the same. The inventive material also achieves a sizeable reduction in the wall thickness and porosity. The method of manufacture involves the manipulation of a standard extruded ePTFE
graft. The graft is placed within a restraining tube and is balloon dilated (20) to approximately four times its original diameter, after which it is placed onto a like-sized mandrel (30) that provides an interference fit. This loaded mandrel is placed into a calendering device (40) where the entire graft wall is moved between metal plates until sufficiently calendered. The loaded mandrel is then placed into a heated furnace or oven (80) at a temperature above the crystalline melt point of PTFE to lock the changes into the microstructure. The final product has the desired characteristics of reduced wall-thickness, high density, above-average radial strength and enhanced suture retention.

Claims (20)

1. A single layer high density microwall expanded polytetrafluoroethylene tubular structure having a wall thickness of less than about 0.30 mm, said tubular structure being radially non-contracted.
2. The single layer high density microwall expanded polytetrafluoroethylene tubular structure according to claim 1, wherein said tubular structure contains a filler agent.
3. The single layer high density microwall expanded polytetrafluoroethylene tubular structure according to claim 2, wherein said filler agent is selected from the group consisting of activated carbon, antimicrobial substances, collagen, colorants, radioactive agents and radiopaque contrasting agents.
4. The single layer high density microwall expanded polytetrafluoroethylene tubular structure according to claim 1, further comprising a water entry pressure in the range of about 7 to 15 psi.
5. The single layer high density microwall expanded polytetrafluoroethylene tubular structure according to claim 1, further comprising a radial tensile strength in the range of about 5 to 15 N/mm2.
6. The single layer high density microwall expanded polytetrafluoroethylene tubular structure according to claim 1, further comprising a longitudinal maximum load in the range of about 130 to 300 N.
7. The single layer high density microwall expanded polytetrafluoroethylene tubular structure according to claim 1, further comprising a suture retention strength in the range of about 200 to 900 g.
8. The single layer high density microwall expanded polytetrafluoroethylene tubular structure according to claim 1, further comprising at least two different diameters along a length thereof.
9. The single layer high density microwall expanded polytetrafluoroethylene tubular structure according to claim 1, further comprising at least two different wall thicknesses along a length thereof.
10. The single layer high density microwall expanded polytetrafluoroethylene tubular structure according to claim 1, further comprising at least two different densities along a length thereof.
11. An endoluminal prosthesis comprising a stent and a liner, the liner being comprised of a high density microwall expanded polytetrafluoroethylene tubular structure according to claim 1.
12. An endoluminal graft structure comprising:
a single layer high density expanded polytetrafluoroethylene tubular structure according to claim 1; and a self-expanding support layer in contact with the expanded polytetrafluoroethylene tube.
13. A method for producing a single layer high density expanded polytetrafluoroethylene tube, comprising the steps of providing an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene tube having an initial wall thickness and a predetermined internal diameter;
calendering a major portion of the tube while maintaining the predetermined internal diameter of the tube substantially constant; and heating the calendered tube while maintaining the predetermined internal diameter of the tube substantially constant.
14. The method according to claim 13, further comprising a step of radially expanding the expanded polytetrafluoroethylene tube prior to the step of calendering.
15. The method according to claim 14, in which the expanded polytetrafluoroethylene tube is radially expanded to approximately 400% of the predetermined internal diameter.
16. The method according to claim 13, in which the calendering step further comprises a step of creating sections of varying densities throughout the expanded polytetrafluoroethylene tube.
17. The method according to claim 13, in which the calendering step further comprises a step of creating at least two different diameters along the length of the expanded polytetrafluoroethylene tube.
18. The method according to claim 13, in which the expanded polytetrafluoroethylene tube includes a filler agent.
19. The method according to claim 18, in which the filler agent is selected from the group consisting of activated carbon, antimicrobial substances, collagen, colorants, radioactive agents, radiopaque contrasting agents, growth factors, angiogenesis compounds and clotting agents.
20. The method according to claim 13, in which the calendering step further comprises the steps of:
pulling the expanded polytetrafluoroethylene tube over a cylindrical mandrel having an outer diameter of approximately the same dimension as the internal diameter of the expanded polytetrafluoroethylene tube, creating a loaded mandrel;
placing the loaded mandrel between a first metallic plate and a second metallic plate, wherein the first metallic plate is maintained in a substantially parallel position with respect to the second metallic plate;
applying a force to the first metallic plate, wherein the loaded mandrel is compressed between the first and second metallic plates; and moving the second metallic plate in reciprocal fashion along a direction perpendicular to the central axis of the loaded mandrel while the first plate is held stationary under a constant load.
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