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US5849037A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Self-expanding stent for a medical device to be introduced into a cavity of a body, and method for its preparation

Assignee: Corvita Corp
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Filing: 1996-04-03
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Granted: 1998-12-15
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Expires: 2016-04-03
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Abstract

Abstract A self-expanding stent for a medical device to be introduced into a cavity of a human body, is disclosed and includes a radially expandable and axially retractable tubular body (1), characterized in that the tubular body comprises first filaments (2, 3) which are arranged side by side in a number at least equal to two, wound along a first helicoid direction around a longitudinal axis (4) of the tubular body, and second flexible rigid filaments (5, 6) which are arranged side by side in a number at least equal to two, wound along a second helicoid direction opposite to the first, each multiple filament wound in one of the said directions crossing multiple filaments wound in the other direction according to a plaited arrangement. Methods for reproducibly forming the stent of the invention are disclosed.

Inventors

  • 👤 Noureddine Frid

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 19:41
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/82; A61F2/86; A61F2/90; D; D04; D04C; D04C1/00; D04C1/06; A61F2230/00; A61F2230/0063; A61F2230/0073; A61F2230/0078; A61F2250/00; A61F2250/0014; A61F2250/0039

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim 270 words
A self-expanding stent for introduction into a human or animal body, comprising: a tubular body (1) which is radially expansible and retractable between a first diameter (d), corresponding to a compressed state of said stent, and a second diameter (D), greater than said first diameter (d), corresponding to a resting state of said stent, and is axially expansible and retractable between a first length, corresponding to said compressed state, and a second length, less than said first length, corresponding to said resting state, said tubular body being formed by plaited filaments (2, 3, 5, 6), with a first plurality of said plaited filaments (2, 3) being arranged adjacently side by side substantially continuously along substantially their entire lengths in a number at least equal to two and forming first multiple filaments (2, 3) wound along a first helicoid direction around a longitudinal axis (4) of the tubular body (1), and a second plurality of said plaited filaments (5, 6) being arranged adjacently side by side substantially continuously along substantially their entire lengths in a number at least equal to two and forming second multiple filaments (5, 6) wound along a second helicoid direction opposite to said first helicoid direction, each multiple filament wound in one of the said helicoid directions crossing multiple filaments wound in the other helicoid direction according to a plaited arrangement, wherein all of said first multiple filaments together cross all of said second multiple filaments on the same side of said second multiple filaments, and said first multiple filaments are not twisted around one another and said second multiple filaments are not twisted around one another.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 270 words
A self-expanding stent for introduction into a human or animal body, comprising: a tubular body (1) which is radially expansible and retractable between a first diameter (d), corresponding to a compressed state of said stent, and a second diameter (D), greater than said first diameter (d), corresponding to a resting state of said stent, and is axially expansible and retractable between a first length, corresponding to said compressed state, and a second length, less than said first length, corresponding to said resting state, said tubular body being formed by plaited filaments (2, 3, 5, 6), with a first plurality of said plaited filaments (2, 3) being arranged adjacently side by side substantially continuously along substantially their entire lengths in a number at least equal to two and forming first multiple filaments (2, 3) wound along a first helicoid direction around a longitudinal axis (4) of the tubular body (1), and a second plurality of said plaited filaments (5, 6) being arranged adjacently side by side substantially continuously along substantially their entire lengths in a number at least equal to two and forming second multiple filaments (5, 6) wound along a second helicoid direction opposite to said first helicoid direction, each multiple filament wound in one of the said helicoid directions crossing multiple filaments wound in the other helicoid direction according to a plaited arrangement, wherein all of said first multiple filaments together cross all of said second multiple filaments on the same side of said second multiple filaments, and said first multiple filaments are not twisted around one another and said second multiple filaments are not twisted around one another.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 22 words
A stent according to claim 1, wherein: said tubular body formed by plaited multiple filaments has at least partially a cylindrical shape.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 37 words
A stent according to claim 1, wherein: said tubular body has at least at one of its ends, in the resting state, a flaring (9, 10) in which said multiple filaments follow a helix with increasing radii.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 26 words
A stent according to claim 3, wherein: said tubular body has a flaring at least at one of its ends which provides a substantially hyperboloid segment.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 32 words
A stent according to claim 3, wherein: said tubular body includes multiple filaments oriented at an angle (α) of at most 45° with respect to a longitudinal axis of said tubular body.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 28 words
A stent according to claim 5, further comprising: an expandable graft covering (8) on at least one of an inside and an outside surface of said tubular body.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 32 words
A stent according to claim 1, wherein: said tubular body includes multiple filaments oriented at an angle (α) of at most 45° with respect to a longitudinal axis of said tubular body.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 28 words
A stent according to claim 1, further comprising: an expandable graft covering (8) on at least one of an inside and an outside surface of said tubular body.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 16 words
A stent according to claim 8, wherein: said multiple filaments are comprised of biocompatible metallic filaments.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 16 words
A stent according to claim 1, wherein: said multiple filaments are comprised of biocompatible metallic filaments.

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