The inner layer of the FUSION graft is comprised of extruded, expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE). The outer layer is a knit polyester textile, polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

LifeSpan ePTFE Vascular Grafts for peripheral vascular reconstructions and AV Access have been used in clinical practice for more than 15 years. It features soft ePTFE material with superb suture ...

An exoskeleton consisting of nitinol stents is attached to the entire external surface of the graft with ePTFE-FEP bonding tape. Both the proximal and distal segments of the endograft have ...

While these off-the-shelf approaches are enticing at first glance, they have failed to improve on results with ePTFE grafts. By contrast, cell-based therapies are costly and complex but hold the ...