Title:
STENT HAVING A WEB STRUCTURE AND SUITABLE FOR FORMING A CURVED STENT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002064061
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The present invention provides a stent comprising a tubular flexible body (2) having a wall with a web structure (4) that is expandable from a contracted delivery configuration to deployed configuration. The web structure comprises a plurality of neighboring, interconnected, web patterns (5, 6), each web pattern composed of adjoining webs (9, 10). Each adjoining web comprises a central section (9b, 10b) interposed between two lateral sections (9a, 10a, 9c, 10c), forming concave or convex configurations. Embodiments of the present invention comprising displaying curvature, to track tortuous anatomy and reduce localized restoring forces, are provided.
Inventors:
GIANOTTI MARC
MICHLITSCH KENNETH J
HA SUK-WOO
VON OEPEN RANDOLF
SEIBOLD GERD
MICHLITSCH KENNETH J
HA SUK-WOO
VON OEPEN RANDOLF
SEIBOLD GERD
Application Number:
PCT/IB2001/002875
Publication Date:
September 18, 2003
Filing Date:
December 19, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
JOMED GMBH (DE)
International Classes:
A61F2/91; A61F2/915; (IPC1-7): A61F2/06
Foreign References:
| EP0983753A1 | 2000-03-08 | |||
| GB2344053A | 2000-05-31 | |||
| EP0808614A2 | 1997-11-26 |
Other References:
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 2000, no. 14 5 March 2001 (2001-03-05)
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