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US5527354A
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Stent formed of half-round wire
Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
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Filing: 1994-03-22
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Granted: 1996-06-18
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Expires: 2014-03-22
Abstract
Abstract A vascular prosthesis stent provides an interior surface that reduces hemodynamic disturbances which interfere with blood flow through the stent and minimizes the reactive tissue response. More particularly, the vascular stent is constructed from a continuous wire that is half-round (i.e., semi-circular) in transverse cross-section. In a completed stent, the semi-circular wire profiles are all on the exterior of the stent body while the planar portions of the wire are all on the interior, with the result that the interior of the stent, comprised of the cross-sectional diameters of the wires, provides a generally smooth surface that minimizes blood flow turbulence, and minimizes the amount of tissue reaction necessary to incorporate the stent into the vessel wall.
Inventors
- 👤 Arthur B. Fontaine
- 👤 Michael D. Dake
Bibliographic Details
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2026-10-23 11:32
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/82; A61F2/86; A61F2/88; A61F2/90; A61F2/95; A61F2/958; A61F2/02; A61F2/30; A61F2002/30001; A61F2002/30108; A61F2002/3011; A61F2002/30112; A61F2002/30131; A61F2002/30667; A61F2002/30677; A61F2220/00; A61F2220/0025; A61F2220/005; A61F2220/0058; A61F2230/00; A61F2230/0002; A61F2230/0004; A61F2230/0013; A61F2250/00; A61F2250/0058; A61F2250/0067
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
108 words
A vascular prosthesis stent, comprising: a continuous wire formed into an undulating wave pattern having a plurality of segments joined by a plurality of bends, said pattern being formed into a substantially tubularly-shaped body having a compressed and an expanded condition and a longitudinal axis, a plurality of bonded cells, each of the bonded cells having a plurality of sides and being formed from selected of said segments and said bends bonded together in abutting contact; and the continuous wire having a substantially semi-circular side and a substantially planar side, whereby an axial length of said tubularly-shaped body remains substantially equivalent in the expanded and the compressed conditions.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
108 words
A vascular prosthesis stent, comprising: a continuous wire formed into an undulating wave pattern having a plurality of segments joined by a plurality of bends, said pattern being formed into a substantially tubularly-shaped body having a compressed and an expanded condition and a longitudinal axis, a plurality of bonded cells, each of the bonded cells having a plurality of sides and being formed from selected of said segments and said bends bonded together in abutting contact; and the continuous wire having a substantially semi-circular side and a substantially planar side, whereby an axial length of said tubularly-shaped body remains substantially equivalent in the expanded and the compressed conditions.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
A vascular prosthesis stent according to claim 1 wherein the continuous wire is half-round in cross-sectional shape.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
A vascular prosthesis stent according to claim 2 wherein the semi-circular side of the wire is on all exterior of the stent body and the planar side of the wire is on an interior of the stent body.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
A vascular prosthesis stent according to claim 3 wherein the interior of the stent is smooth for providing a surface that minimizes blood flow turbulence along the interior of the stent.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
52 words
A vascular prosthesis stent according to claim 1, formed from a continuous wire, wherein the bonded cells have sides that extend substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the tubularly-shaped body when the tubularly-shaped body is compressed and which extend obliquely to the longitudinal axis when the tubularly-shaped body is radially expanded.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
A vascular prosthesis stent according to claim 5, wherein the bonded cells are oblong in geometric configuration when compressed and rhomboid in geometric configuration when expanded.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
38 words
A vascular prosthesis stent according to claim 1, formed from a continuous wire, wherein at least one of the cells is bonded to an adjacent cell at a position between two adjacent sides of each of the cells.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
39 words
A vascular prosthesis stent according to claim 1, formed from a continuous wire, wherein the cells have an oblong shape with a long axis of the oblong shape extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tubularly-shaped body.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
38 words
A vascular prosthesis stent according to claim 8, wherein the cells have sides that extend substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tubularly-shaped body for, thereby, minimizing a diameter of the tubularly-shaped body in a compressed configuration.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
34 words
A vascular prosthesis stent according to claim 8, wherein the cells have sides that extend substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tubularly-shaped body for maximizing an expansion ratio of the tubularly-shaped body.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
30 words
A vascular prosthesis stent according to claim 1, formed from a continuous wire, wherein the cells have four sides and are rhomboid in shape when the tubularly-shaped body is expanded.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
113 words
A vascular prosthesis stent, comprising: a continuous wire formed into an undulating wave pattern and a substantially tubularly-shaped body with a longitudinal axis and two ends, selected portions of said continuous wire being bonded together in abutting contact, the body having a compressed condition and an expanded condition; and the continuous wire being half-round in cross-sectional shape with a substantially semi-circular side and a substantially planar side, the semi-circular side of the wire being on an exterior of the stent body, the planar side of the wire being on an interior of the stent body, whereby an axial length of the tubularly-shaped body remains substantially equivalent in the compressed and the expanded conditions.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
113 words
A vascular prosthesis stent, comprising: a continuous wire formed into an undulating wave pattern and a substantially tubularly-shaped body with a longitudinal axis and two ends, selected portions of said continuous wire being bonded together in abutting contact, the body having a compressed condition and an expanded condition; and the continuous wire being half-round in cross-sectional shape with a substantially semi-circular side and a substantially planar side, the semi-circular side of the wire being on an exterior of the stent body, the planar side of the wire being on an interior of the stent body, whereby an axial length of the tubularly-shaped body remains substantially equivalent in the compressed and the expanded conditions.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
31 words
A vascular prosthesis stent according to claim 12, wherein the interior of the stent is smooth for providing a surface that minimizes blood flow turbulence along the interior of the stent.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
80 words
A vascular prosthesis stent according to claim 12, wherein each wave has a long ascending side and a short descending side, with a peak between the long ascending side and the short descending side and a valley between the short descending side and a long ascending side of an adjacent wave and wherein the ascending and descending sides of each wave is arranged substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the body when the body is in the compressed condition.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
30 words
A vascular prosthesis stent according to claim 14, in which the long side of the wave and the short side of the wave are in a ratio of about 4:3.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
29 words
A vascular prosthesis stent according to claim 14, wherein at least some of the peaks and valley of the waves are bonded together to form a plurality of cells.
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