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US 2003/0212450 A1Published application
Stent
OwnerTilman Schlickinventor
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Abstract
A stent (10) for transluminal implantation comprises a first, second and third stent section (11, 12, 13) for splinting and/or keeping open a hollow organ which are connected to each other via elastic tubular sections (14, 15). The stent (10) combines at least three different stent designs in one stent and can therefore be adjusted to the motion behavior of a hollow organ in an improved fashion (FIG. 1).
Claims10
Stent (10;
- 20;
- 30;
- 40) for splinting and/or keeping open a hollow organ, consisting of a tubular body having a diameter which can be changed through axial displacement of the ends of the body relative to each other, wherein the body has several stent sections (11, 12, 13;
- 21, 22, 23;
- 31, 32, 33;
- 41, 42, 43) of different cross-sections which can be expanded irrespectively of each other, comprise a woven, braided tubular web (16;
- 38) and/or one or more phase-shifted helices (26;
- 36;
- 46) in one or more planes which are connected to each other via web-free elastic tubular sections (14, 15;
- 24, 25;
- 34, 35;
- 44, 45).
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