A61F 2002/828
Means for connecting a plurality of stents allowing flexibility of the whole
Official title: {Means for connecting a plurality of stents allowing flexibility of the whole structure}
A61F2002/828 (Means for connecting a plurality of stents allowing flexibility of the whole) appears on 462 US grants and 592 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Stent graft with bracketing stent configurations25 Aug 2026US 12,714,584 B2Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
- Vascular stent with adjustable radial strength18 Aug 2026US 12,708,534 B2Cobra Neurovascular, LLC
- Hybrid stent14 Jul 2026US 12,678,305 B2Vesper Medical, Inc.
- Stents, systems, and methods for gastrointestinal tract treatment17 Mar 2026US 12,575,923 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Recollapsible and recapturable devices and methods of use23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207359 A1Cardiac Dimensions Pty. Ltd.
- Stent having adjacent elements connected by flexible webs11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157868 A1W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Mixed-Frame Intraluminal Prosthesis and Methods Thereof21 May 2026US 2026/0137501 A1Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Intraluminal pressure dampening and energy recoil device16 Apr 2026US 2026/0102601 A1
- Stent having adjacent elements connected by narrow flexible webs26 Mar 2026US 2026/0083577 A1W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Stent, stent graft and stent valve1,313US 6,245,102 B1Iowa-India Investments Company Limited · 2001
- Expandable intraluminal graft, and method and apparatus for implanting an expandable intraluminal graft1,228US 5,102,417 AExpandable Grafts Partnership · 1992
- Bifurcating stent apparatus and method1,165US 4,994,071 ACordis Corporation · 1991
- System for delivering a prosthesis1,139US 6,302,906 B1Boston Scientific Technology, Inc. · 2001
- Flexible self-expandable stent and method for making the same1,099US 6,027,525 ASamsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · 2000