Back to results
US 12,594,154 B2Granted
Hybrid braided stent
AssigneeSuzhou Zenith Vascular Scitech Limited
InventorsLiqun Jiao, Shuang Li, Jie Xia, Liyou Guo
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A hybrid braided stent includes a stent body (20). The stent body (20) is a single-layer structure. The stent body (20) is a tubular structure formed by interweaving a plurality of filaments. The end areas of at least two of the plurality of filaments are different.
Claims7
A hybrid braided stent, comprising a stent body, wherein the stent body is a single-layer structure;
- the stent body is a tubular structure formed by interweaving a plurality of filaments, wherein cross-sectional areas of at least two of the plurality of the filaments are different;
- wherein the stent body is formed by braiding at least three kinds of filaments with different cross-sectional areas and different materials;
- wherein the stent body has a plurality of sections, weaving angles of at least two of the plurality of sections are different;
- and
- wherein the stent body comprises a section with a larger weaving angle and a section with a smaller weaving angle, the section with the larger weaving angle is sized and configured to be arranged in a blood vessel with a larger diameter, the section with the smaller weaving angle is sized and configured to be arranged in a blood vessel with a smaller diameter, and the section with the smaller weaving angle has a smaller outward force than the section with the larger weaving angle.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.