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US 6,530,950 B1Granted
Intraluminal stent having coaxial polymer member
AssigneeQuanam Medical Corporation
InventorsAngelica Alvarado, Robert Eury, Irina D. Pomerantseva, Michael Froix
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Abstract
A stent for insertion into a lumen, having rigid regions and flexible regions along its length, and one or more polymer members coaxially disposed about the outer surface of the stent The polymer members are positioned over the rigid regions of the support stent, while the flexible regions are uncovered and free of polymer members, wherein the polymer members are radially expandable with the support stent.
Claims17
A stent for insertion into a lumen, comprising;
- a radially expandable, support stent having a selected axial length and an outer surface, said stent having rigid regions and flexible regions along its length;
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- one or more polymer members coaxially disposed about the outer surface of the support stent, said polymer members positioned over the rigid regions of the support stent, with the flexible regions exposed, and said polymer members being radially expandable with the support stent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.