Stent design
AssigneeSciMed Life Systems, Inc.
InventorsBurns P. Doran, Graig L. Kveen, Timothy J. Ley
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Abstract
A stent comprises at least one band of interconnected cells selected from the group consisting of S-shaped cells and mirror image S-shaped cells. Each cell has a top end and a bottom end. The top end of each cell is attached to the bottom end of an adjacent cell in the band. Adjacent bands may abut one another or may be joined by connecting members.
Claims15
A stent comprising at least one band of interconnected cells selected from the group consisting of cells having circumferentially oriented S shaped openings and cells having circumferentially oriented mirror image S shaped openings, each cell having a top end and a bottom end, the top end of each cell attached to the bottom end of an adjacent cell in the band, the stent including at least one cell with an S shaped opening and at least one cell with a mirror image S shaped opening, the stent configured such that an axis exists about which the cell with the S shaped opening when rotated 1800 is superimposed upon a cell having a mirror image S shaped opening.
A stent comprising at least one cell selected from the group consisting of circumferentially oriented cells having S-shaped openings and circumferentially oriented cells having mirror image S-shaped openings, the stent including at least one cell with an S shaped openings and at least on cell with a mirror image S shaped opening, the stent configured such that an axis exists about which the cell with the S-shaped opening when rotated 180° is superimposed upon a cell having a mirror image S-shaped opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.