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Intravascular inflatable stent
Assignee: Target Therapeutics Inc
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Filing: 1993-01-26
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Granted: 1994-12-06
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Expires: 2013-01-26
Abstract
Abstract This invention is an intraluminal stent or graft suited for the noninvasive treatment of aneurysms, diseased blood vessels, and other bodily lumen. The stent is made up of polymeric tubing which is helically and tightly wound to produce a column having an open lumen from one end to the other. At the stent's distal end, the tubing is sealed. At the stent's proximal end, the stent is adapted to allow the introduction of fluid suitable for inflating the stent at the chosen vascular site. The stent coils adhere to each other or to one or more sizing strips which may be straight or helical in configuration, or the stent may be constructed to use both methodologies.
Inventors
- 👤 Gene Samson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 23:00
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/82; A61F2/86; A61F2/88; A61F2/02; A61F2/04; A61F2/06; A61F2/07; A61F2250/00; A61F2250/0003; A61F2250/0058; A61F2250/0096; A61F2250/0098
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
129 words
An inflatable stent comprising tightly, helically wound polymeric tubing forming tubing turns and having a proximal tubing end and a distal tubing end, forming a hollow column having an outer column diameter and an inner lumen extending along a stent axis from a proximal stent end to a distal stent end and having a lumen diameter, the distal tubing end being sealed and the proximal tubing end being adapted to accept an inflating fluid and having at least one flexible polymeric sizing strip laid against and adherent to the polymeric tubing from the region with the proximal stent end to the region of the distal stent end and where said at least one flexible polymeric sizing strip has a softening point below the softening point of the polymeric tubing.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
129 words
An inflatable stent comprising tightly, helically wound polymeric tubing forming tubing turns and having a proximal tubing end and a distal tubing end, forming a hollow column having an outer column diameter and an inner lumen extending along a stent axis from a proximal stent end to a distal stent end and having a lumen diameter, the distal tubing end being sealed and the proximal tubing end being adapted to accept an inflating fluid and having at least one flexible polymeric sizing strip laid against and adherent to the polymeric tubing from the region with the proximal stent end to the region of the distal stent end and where said at least one flexible polymeric sizing strip has a softening point below the softening point of the polymeric tubing.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The inflatable stent of claim 1 where the proximal tubing end adapted to accept an inflating fluid comprises a one-way valve.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
The inflatable stent of claim 2 where the one-way valve comprises a plug of an elastomer having a slit therethrough which closes upon application with pressure within the polymeric tubing.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
The inflatable stent of claim 1 where the tightly, helically wound polymeric tubing turns adjacently adhere to each other.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
The inflatable stent of claim 4 where the turns are thermally welded to each other.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
The inflatable stent of claim 1 where the one or more sizing strips are positioned generally parallel to the stent axis.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
The inflatable stent of claim 1 where the one or more sizing strips are generally located in a spiral about the outer column diameter.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
The inflatable stent of claim 1 where the polymer of the polymeric tubing is selected from polyethylene, polypropylene, their interpolymers and block copolymers; polyacrylonitrile, polyethylene terephthalate, and polybutylene terephthalate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
12 words
The inflatable stent of claim 1 where the sizing strips comprise polyethelene.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
37 words
The inflatable stent of claim 1 which has been collapsed to form a collapsed stent having a reduced outer column diameter and having a false lumen extending from the distal stent end to the proximal stent end.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
The inflatable stent of claim 1 also comprising at least one radiopaque marker located at at least one of the proximal stent end and the distal stent end.
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