Endovascular support device
AssigneeArterial Vascular Engineering, Inc.
InventorMichael D. Boneau
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Abstract
An endovascular support device for treatment of chronic restenosis or other vascular narrowing is disclosed together with a method of manufacture and a method for delivering a plurality of such devices to an affected area of a vessel. In a preferred embodiment, the endovascular support device comprises a unitary wire-like structure configured to form a plurality of upper and lower peaks which may be compressed for delivery to an affected area of a coronary or peripheral vessel in a human, and then expanded to maintain a passageway through the vessel.
Claims6
An endovascular support device for implantation in a vessel within the human body comprising a plurality of M unitary wire-like circular members defining a plurality of M stents, each stent formed of a plurality of N substantially straight, non-overlapping segments having ends, the ends of respective pairs of the plurality of N substantially straight segments connected end to end, each of the M stents capable of retaining a compressed configuration while mounted onto an outer surface of a catheter for delivery to an affected area of the vessel until application of a radial force to form an expanded configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.