Variable length stent
AssigneeSevro Technologies LLC
InventorEric ASKELAND
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Abstract
A stent comprising a tubular member, a lumen extending through the tubular member, a first retention structure and a second retention structure at opposite ends of the tubular member. The first retention structure comprises multiple coils and a removable anti-coiling material over the multiple coils of the first retention structure to present the multiple coils as an elongated extension of the tubular member, whereupon removal of the removable anti-coiling material at least one of the multiple coils of the first retention structure is presented and any excess coils can be trimmed.
Claims18
A stent comprising:
- a tubular member;
- a first retention structure at one end of the tubular member comprising multiple coils each of which has substantially the same diameter to provide an anchor for the stent;
- a second retention structure at an opposite end of the tubular member;
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- a lumen extending through the tubular member, the first retention structure and the second retention structure.
A stent comprising:
- a tubular member;
- a first retention structure and a second retention structure at opposite ends of the tubular member, wherein the first retention structure further comprises multiple coils;
- a lumen extending through the tubular member, the first retention structure and the second retention structure;
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- a removable anti-coiling material over the multiple coils of the first retention structure to present the multiple coils as an elongated extension of the tubular member, whereupon removal of the removable anti-coiling material at least one of the multiple coils of the first retention structure is presented.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.