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US 12,004,976 B2Granted
Telescoping stents
AssigneeSaiNath Intellectual Properties, LLC
InventorVenkata Sesha Sayi Nath Iyunni
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Abstract
The invention described herein relates to telescoping stents. The embodiments described herein allow for adequate securement to, accommodation for movement by, and prevention of injury of tubular organs or hollow areas of the body. Certain embodiments relate to telescoping stents with loop interlocking mechanisms. Further embodiments relate to telescoping stents with ball-in-groove interlocking mechanisms.
Claims17
A telescoping stent, comprising:
- a proximal anchor;
- a distal anchor;
- two or more tubular segments each comprising a longitudinal axis and a cross-sectional plane;
- a first tubular segment of the two or more tubular segments comprising:
- an interior wall comprising one or more longitudinal loops extending inward from the interior wall of the first tubular segment;
- and
- a second tubular segment of the two or more tubular segments comprising:
- an exterior wall comprising one or more perpendicular loops extending radially outward from the cross-sectional plane of the second tubular segment,
- wherein:
- the first tubular segment and the second tubular segment have different diameters and overlap along their longitudinal axes;
- and
- a first longitudinal loop of the first tubular segment passes through a first perpendicular loop of the second tubular segment.
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