Vulnerable plaque stent
AssigneeSciMed Life Systems, Inc.
InventorsThomas Holman, Jan Weber, Graig Kveen
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Abstract
A tubular, expandable prosthesis comprises a framework with a plurality of openings therethrough and a carbon nanotube sheet. The carbon nanotube sheet extends across at least one of the openings.
Claims34
A stent comprising a framework with a plurality of openings therethrough and at least one carbon nanotube sheet, the at least one carbon nanotube sheet extending across at least one of the openings.
An expandable tubular insert for a bodily passage having a distal end and a proximal end, the tubular insert comprising a plurality of interconnected cells having openings therethrough, including expandable cells and cells which are not expandable, the expandable cells having openings which enlarge on expansion of the tubular insert, at least one expandable cell being closer to either the distal end or the proximal end than any nonexpanding cell, the non-expandable cells having openings which do not enlarge upon expansion of the tubular insert.
An endoprosthesis having a framework with a plurality of openings therethrough and at least one carbon nanotube sheet, the at least one carbon nanotube sheet extending across at least one of the openings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.