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Stent with nested or overlapping rings

Assignee: Individual

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Filing: 1998-12-08

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Granted: 2002-01-22

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Expires: 2018-12-08

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Abstract

Abstract A flexible stent is disclosed which reduced openings between rings by two alternative techniques. In the first instance, adjacent sinusoidally bending rings are nested to compact them closer together to reduce the opening sizes therebetween. In another embodiment, adjacent sinusoidal rings overlap each other to achieve the same effect. The assembly can be covered with a graft as a support therefor.

Inventors

👤 Bandula Wijay

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —

Jurisdiction US

Data Source google_patents

Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 20:22

CPC Classifications

A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/82; A61F2/86; A61F2/90; A61F2/91; A61F2/915; A61F2/88; A61F2002/91508; A61F2002/91533; A61F2002/91541; A61F2002/9155; A61F2002/91558; A61F2230/00; A61F2230/0002; A61F2230/0004; A61F2230/0013

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 9

Claim 1

Independent Claim 138 words

A stent, comprising: a plurality of pairs of first and second rings, said first rings having an undulating form defining a first end and said second rings having an undulating form having a second end, said undulating form of said first rings defining said first end by alternating high and low peaks, and said undulating form of said second rings defining said second end by alternating high and low peaks; said first and second ends are positioned facing each other with high peaks on said first end disposed in substantial longitudinal alignment with low peaks on said second end and low peaks on said first end disposed in substantial longitudinal alignment with high peaks on said second end, so as to allow said first and second rings to nest; and at least one connector to connect adjacent rings.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 138 words

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 51 words

The stent of claim 1 , wherein: said high and low peaks on said first end define a plurality of first valleys therebetween; said high and low peaks on said second end define a plurality of second valleys therebetween; said first valleys are in substantial longitudinal alignment with said second valleys.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 31 words

The stent of claim 1 , wherein: said connector comprises a crosstie extending from adjacent said high peak on said first end to adjacent said low peak on said second end.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 26 words

The stent of claim 3 , wherein: said crosstie extends from a high peak on said first end to a low peak on said second end.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 30 words

The stent of claim 4 , further comprising: said crosstie comprises a plurality of crossties disposed at each pair of longitudinally aligned peaks of said first and said second ends.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 26 words

The stent of claim 1 , wherein: said connector comprises a direct connection of longitudinally aligned peaks from said first and second ends to each other.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 34 words

The stent of claim 1 , wherein: said longitudinal alignmemt of said high peaks on said first end with said low peaks on said second end coincides with a longitudinal axis of said rings.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 14 words

The stent of claim 1 , further comprising: a graft supported by said rings.

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