EP0709067A2
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Stent fabrication method
Assignee: Medinol Ltd
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Filing: 1995-10-27
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2015-10-27
Abstract
Abstract A stent and a method for fabricating the stent are disclosed. The stent has an originally flat pattern and connection points where the sides of the flat pattern are joined. The method includes the steps of a) cutting (12) a stent pattern into a flat piece of metal thereby to produce a metal pattern, b) deforming (14) the metal pattern so as to cause two opposing sides to meet, and c) joining (16) the two opposing sides at least at one point.
Inventors
- 👤 Gregory Pinchasik
- 👤 Ira Yaron
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 04:43
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/82; A61F2/86; A61F2/90; A61F2/91; A61M; A61M25/00; A61F2/915; A61F2002/91533; A61F2002/91541; A61F2002/9155; A61F2002/91558; A61F2230/00; A61F2230/0002; A61F2230/0028; A61F2230/0054
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
56 words
A stent fabrication method comprising the steps of: cutting a stent pattern into a flat piece of metal thereby to produce a metal pattern; deforming said metal pattern so as to cause two opposing sides to meet; and joining said two opposing sides at least at one point thereby to produce a stent having said pattern.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
15 words
A method according to claim 1 and also including the step of polishing said stent.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein said step of cutting comprises the step of etching said metal to produce said pattern.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
A stent having an originally flat, stent pattern and connection points where sides of said flat pattern are joined.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
A stent according to claim 4 and wherein said originally flat, pattern is formed from a piece of flat metal.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
US4776337A
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