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US 2012/0071962 A1Published application
Intravascular stent
AssigneeElixir Medical Corporation
InventorsHoward Huang, John Yan, Vinayak Bhat, Motasim Sirhan
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Abstract
Stents are provided with scaffold structures which have low exposures when implanted in arteries and other blood vessels and lumens. The cross-sectional dimensions, materials, and patterns are controlled to provide sufficient strength and coverage while maintaining the low exposure.
Claims27
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A vascular prosthesis comprising:
- a metal scaffold including struts;
- wherein the scaffold has a metal to artery ratio ranging from 1% to 12% when expanded to a diameter ranging from 2 mm to 4 mm;
- and
- wherein the scaffold has at least one of (a) struts having a thickness in the range from 0.001 inch to 0.005 inch;
- (b) a crush strength in the range from 2 psi to 15 psi to crush at least 25% in diameter;
- and (c) an acute recoil below 15%.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.