Title:
INTRALUMINAL MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING ASYMETRICAL MEMBERS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2006005027
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
This invention relates generally to expandable intraluminal medical devices for use within a body passageway or duct, and more particularly to an optimized stent having asymmetrical strut and loop members. In one embodiment of the invention the stent includes one or more members each having at least one component such as an arc or a strut. The component has non-uniform cross-sections to achieve near-uniform stress distribution along the component when the component undergoes deformation.
Inventors:
BURGERMEISTER ROBERT (US)
DUERIG THOMAS (US)
GRISHABER RANDY (US)
MARREY RAMESH (US)
PARK JIN (US)
KREVER MATHEW (US)
DUERIG THOMAS (US)
GRISHABER RANDY (US)
MARREY RAMESH (US)
PARK JIN (US)
KREVER MATHEW (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2005/023651
Publication Date:
March 09, 2006
Filing Date:
June 30, 2005
Export Citation:
Assignee:
CORDIS CORP (US)
BURGERMEISTER ROBERT (US)
DUERIG THOMAS (US)
GRISHABER RANDY (US)
MARREY RAMESH (US)
PARK JIN (US)
KREVER MATHEW (US)
BURGERMEISTER ROBERT (US)
DUERIG THOMAS (US)
GRISHABER RANDY (US)
MARREY RAMESH (US)
PARK JIN (US)
KREVER MATHEW (US)
International Classes:
A61F2/06
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2003030786A2 | 2003-04-17 |
Foreign References:
| US6245101B1 | 2001-06-12 | |||
| EP1190685A2 | 2002-03-27 | |||
| US20030204244A1 | 2003-10-30 | |||
| EP1378212A1 | 2004-01-07 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1771127A2
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