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Title:
FLEXIBLE EXPANDABLE STENT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2002078808
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a stent 30 to be transplanted to a body.

The stent comprises alternate sections of at least one each of an odd dimension and an even dimension each of which has a first bent area where the section of the odd dimension has a phase angle shift from that of the even dimension such that the first bent area located thereon is adjacent to the first bent area on the section of the even dimension, and at least one soft connector which contains a plurality of soft links for connecting the first bent areas of the sections of the even dimension and the odd dimension, adjacent to each other. Each of the soft links has at least two portions connected via at least one second bent area, and the first and second bent areas specify first and second angles whose bisectors mutually intersect.


Inventors:
ISRAEL HENRY M (IL)
PINCHASIK GREGORY (IL)
Application Number:
JP2001203829A
Publication Date:
March 19, 2002
Filing Date:
July 26, 1995
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
MEDINOL LTD (IL)
International Classes:
A61F2/91; A61F2/915; A61M29/00; A61F2/856; A61M5/00; (IPC1-7): A61M29/02
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takashi Ishida (2 outside)