Medical device delivery system
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorAnthony C. Vrba
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Abstract
A stent consisting of at least two parts in juxtaposition, one part being of self-expandable characteristics while the other part is balloon expandable.
Claims15
A stent for transluminal implantation comprised of a cylindrical structure including at least two joined cylindrical parts one part being capable of radially self-expanding, the other part being radially expandable only by means of an interior radial force.
A balloon expandable stent including at least one self-expandable part with a balloon expandable part.
A bifurcated stent comprised of three components including a trunk and two branches and in which at least one part is capable of self-expansion and at least one part is radially expandable by means of an interior radial force.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.