A method of crimping a varied diameter graft is includes the steps of (i)
providing a flat-woven tubular graft having an enlarged woven bulbous
portion disposed between flat-woven tubular ends, wherein the flat-woven
diameter of the bulbous section is greater than the flat woven diameters
of the tubular ends; (ii) providing a mandrel shaped and sized to the
woven bulbous section and having a curved crimping surface; and (iii)
positioning the curved crimping surface within the bulbous woven section
so that the bulbous woven section contours to the curved crimping
surface.