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US 10,500,074 B2Granted
Deformable lumen support devices and methods of use
AssigneeCelonova Stent, Inc.
InventorsAndy Edward Denison, Kent C. B. Stalker
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Abstract
Lumen support devices and methods of their use are provided. A lumen support includes one or more plastically deformable cells having two stable configurations with no stable configurations between the two stable configurations. The lumen support device may be plastically deformed to other stable configurations.
Claims16
A method of crimping a lumen support on a delivery device comprising:
- delivering a lumen support onto a delivery device, the lumen support comprising one or more unit cells, the one or more unit cells having a thick strut and a thin strut and capable of assuming an original collapsed configuration or a plastically deformed collapsed configuration and an original expanded configuration or a plastically deformed expanded configuration, wherein no stable configurations exist between the original collapsed configurations or the original expanded configuration;
- applying a radially inward force to the lumen support;
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- deforming one or more unit cells of the lumen support to a plastically deformed collapsed configuration.
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