Hemodialysis vascular access dysfunction, which causes considerable morbidity, often results from venous stenosis followed by thrombosis in polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) grafts. Vascular ...

PTFE is a fluoropolymer that is widely used as a vascular graft substitute in cardiovascular and hemodialysis applications. The chemically inert nature of PTFE makes it a suitable material for ...

Man-made graft materials (such as polytetrafluoroethylene [PTFE] or Dacron) are more likely to become narrowed again, but they are still effective. The section of vein or man-made blood vessel graft ...

In peripheral vascular bypass surgery different synthetic materials are available for bypass grafting. It is unclear which of the two commonly used materials, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE ...

Made of collagen-coated heparin bonded polyester, INTERGARD Heparin grafts are available in Knitted and UltraThin configurations, offering the advantages of heparin for a variety of vascular ...

The device features a nitinol stent frame and a multi-layered polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) covering ... Dolmatch said: “Preserving vascular access for dialysis patients is critical for ...