Woven fabric with shape memory element strands

摘要

A woven fabric for use in an implantable medical device, such as a stented graftmember, comprises shape memory element strands (100) woven with textile strands(110, 115). At least one of the shape memory element strands (100) has at leastone float of at least five textile strands between binding points. The shape memoryelement strands may be heated and cooled before the weaving process, and thenheated again after the weaving process.