Stent for vessel
AssigneeKabushikikaisha Igaki Iryo Sekkei
InventorKeiji Igaki
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Abstract
A stent for a vessel inserted in use into the vessel of a living body including a tubular member constituting a passageway from one end to its opposite end. The tubular member includes a main mid portion and low tenacity portions formed integrally with both ends of the main mid portion. The low tenacity portions are lower in tenacity than the main mid portion. These low tenacity portions are formed so as to have the Young's modulus approximate to that of the vessel of the living body in which is inserted the stent, so that, when the stent is inserted into the vessel, it is possible to prevent stress concentrated portions from being produced in the vessel.
Claims6
A stent for a vessel, inserted in use into the vessel of a living body, comprising:
- a tubular member constituting a passageway from one end to the opposite end thereof;
- said tubular member including a main mid portion formed by knitting a fine metal wire in a mesh shape, and low tenacity portions formed by polymer material and integrally with both ends of said main mid portion;
- said low tenacity portions being lower in tenacity than said main mid portion.
A stent for a vessel, inserted in use into the vessel of a living body, comprising:
- a tubular member constituting a passageway from one end to the opposite end thereof;
- said tubular member including a main mid portion formed by knitting a polymer yarn exhibiting biological absorptivity in a tubular shape, and low tenacity portions formed integrally with both ends of said main mid portion;
- said low tenacity portions being lower in tenacity than said main mid portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.