Hybrid stent
AssigneeSciMed Life Systems, Inc.
InventorsAlejandro Berenstein, Joseph C. Eder
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Abstract
A stent comprises a plurality of segments, including at least one segment which is in the form of a coil and at least one segment which is in a form other than a coil and which is balloon expandable or self-expandable.
Claims22
A stent comprising a plurality of segments, including at least one segment which is in the form of a coil and at least one segment which is in a form other than a coil and which is balloon expandable or self-expandable.
A stent comprising a coil segment and a tubular, non-coil segment.
A method of treating a bodily vessel comprising the steps of:
- providing a catheter, the catheter including a stent, the stent having a coil segment and at least one non-coil segment;
- delivering the stent to a desired location in the bodily vessel, deploying the coil segment and either allowing the non-coil segment to self-expand or balloon expanding the non-coil segment.
A method of manufacturing a stent comprising the steps of:
- providing a coil segment and a non-coil segment;
- attaching the coil segment to the non-coil segment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.