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Stent for supporting a blood vessel
Assignee: AHN SAMUEL S
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Filing: 1993-06-16
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Granted: 1997-03-04
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Expires: 2013-06-16
Abstract
Abstract A stent comprising a coil including a plurality of arcuate sections that alternate directions around a central axis, each arcuate section including a pair of curved turns joined by a cusp, and the cusps of adjacent arcuate sections intermeshing and defining at least one region of overlap, which in turn describes a helix around and along the length of the coil. In the preferred embodiment, there are two regions of overlap, which together describe a double helix. In another preferred embodiment, the stent is bifurcated so as to support a branched vessel or the like. A method for forming a stent, including the steps of providing a flat sheet of material, chemically etching said sheet to form a blank, and forming said blank into a cylindrical coil. The coiling step is preferably carried out on a plurality of rollers.
Inventors
- 👤 David P. Summers
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 02:00
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/82; A61F2/86; A61F2/88; A61F2/885; A61F2/90; A61F2/95; A61F2/954; A61F2/0077; A61F2/02; A61F2/04; A61F2/06; A61F2/07; A61F2002/065; A61F2210/00; A61F2210/0014; A61F2210/0019
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
55 words
A stent for supporting a blood vessel, comprising: a single length of material comprising only a single closed loop; said material being bent to form a coil about a longitudinal axis, said coil defining a helix around said longitudinal axis; and said coil being such that said material does not cross itself at any point.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
55 words
A stent for supporting a blood vessel, comprising: a single length of material comprising only a single closed loop; said material being bent to form a coil about a longitudinal axis, said coil defining a helix around said longitudinal axis; and said coil being such that said material does not cross itself at any point.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
92 words
A stent for supporting a blood vessel, comprising: only a single continuous close loop of material bent into a plurality of clockwise and counterclockwise arcuate sections each having an adjacent cusp at which the material reverses directions, said material not crossing itself at any point; said arcuate sections forming a coil with a longitudinal axis about which said arcuate sections are circumferentially disposed; said cusps of said clockwise and counterclockwise arcuate sections overlapping to form at least one region of overlap; and said region of overlap extending helically about the longitudinal axis.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
92 words
A stent for supporting a blood vessel, comprising: only a single continuous close loop of material bent into a plurality of clockwise and counterclockwise arcuate sections each having an adjacent cusp at which the material reverses directions, said material not crossing itself at any point; said arcuate sections forming a coil with a longitudinal axis about which said arcuate sections are circumferentially disposed; said cusps of said clockwise and counterclockwise arcuate sections overlapping to form at least one region of overlap; and said region of overlap extending helically about the longitudinal axis.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
107 words
A double-helix stent, comprising: a single length of material having first and second ends and forming first and second halves, each half comprising a series of arcuate sections, each section comprising a pair of curved turns, adjacent turns being joined by cusps, said material reversing direction at each cusp and never crossing over itself, said halves being constructed so that the cusps of said first half intermesh with the cusps of said second half, thereby forming two diametrically opposed regions of overlap, each region of overlap being shifted incrementally circumferentially with each turn so that the two regions of overlap describe a double helix around the stent.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
107 words
A double-helix stent, comprising: a single length of material having first and second ends and forming first and second halves, each half comprising a series of arcuate sections, each section comprising a pair of curved turns, adjacent turns being joined by cusps, said material reversing direction at each cusp and never crossing over itself, said halves being constructed so that the cusps of said first half intermesh with the cusps of said second half, thereby forming two diametrically opposed regions of overlap, each region of overlap being shifted incrementally circumferentially with each turn so that the two regions of overlap describe a double helix around the stent.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
The stent according to claim 3 wherein said first and second ends of said material are joined so as to form a continuous loop.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
90 words
A bifurcated stent for supporting a bifurcated vessel without obstructing fluid flow therethrough, comprising: a major coil comprising a single length of material that is bent to define a helix about a longitudinal axis; and said helix being such that said material does not cross itself at any point; and two minor coils affixed to and integral with one end of the major coil; said major and minor coils being constructed from a single piece of wire that does not cross itself and which comprises only a single closed loop.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
90 words
A bifurcated stent for supporting a bifurcated vessel without obstructing fluid flow therethrough, comprising: a major coil comprising a single length of material that is bent to define a helix about a longitudinal axis; and said helix being such that said material does not cross itself at any point; and two minor coils affixed to and integral with one end of the major coil; said major and minor coils being constructed from a single piece of wire that does not cross itself and which comprises only a single closed loop.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
A stent for supporting a blood vessel, comprising: only a single closed loop of material wound into a cylindrical double spiral that does not reverse directions between its ends.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
A stent for supporting a blood vessel, comprising: only a single closed loop of material wound into a cylindrical double spiral that does not reverse directions between its ends.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
The stent according to claim 6 wherein said continuous loop includes a pair of ends and a pair of legs extending between said ends, said legs being serpentine.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
17 words
The stent according to claim 6 wherein said continuous loop does not cross itself at any point.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
19 words
The stent according to claim 6 wherein said continuous loop comprises a blank formed from a sheet of material.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
20 words
The stent according to claim 6 wherein said continuous loop comprises a length of wire whose ends have been joined.
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