Stent and stent manufacturing method
AssigneeGwangju Institute of Science and Technology
InventorsWoorim CHOI, Yonggu LEE
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a stent comprising: a hollow tubular body portion; a hooking portion connected to one end of the body portion; and a hooked portion connected to the other end of the body portion, wherein the hooking portion is hooked on the hooked portion. According to the present disclosure, the stent may be manufactured by 4D printing method. Accordingly, the stent may be manufactured in an automated process at low cost, expeditiousness, simplicity, and no manufacturing site constraints.
Claims17
A stent comprising:
- a hollow tubular body portion;
- a hooking portion connected to one end of the body portion;
- and
- a hooked portion connected to the other end of the body portion, wherein the hooking portion is hooked on the hooked portion.
A method for manufacturing a hollow tubular stent, the method comprising:
- forming a flat stent structure in a two-dimensional shape having a thin thickness using 3D printing;
- and
- curling the flat stent structure into a hollow tubular form by at least one deformation factor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.