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High strength and high density intraluminal wire stent
Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed Inc
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Filing: 1994-08-12
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Granted: 1996-11-19
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Expires: 2014-08-12
Abstract
Abstract An intraluminally implantable stent is formed of helically wound wire. The stent has a generally elongate tubular configuration and is radially expandable after implantation in a body vessel. The wire includes successively formed waves along the length of the wire. When helically wound into a tube, the waves are longitudinally nested along the longitudinal extent of the stent so as to form a densely compacted wire configuration. After radial expansion the stent maintains high radial compressive strength and wire density to retard tissue ingrowth.
Inventors
- 👤 James J. Rudnick
- 👤 Dominik M. Wiktor
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 09:11
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/82; A61F2/86; A61F2/88; B; B21; B21F; B21F45/00; B21F45/008; A61F2/02; A61F2/04; A61F2/06; A61F2/07; A61F2220/00; A61F2220/0025; A61F2220/0058
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
116 words
An intraluminal stent comprising: a generally elongate tubular body formed of an elongate helically wound wire, said helically wound wire defining longitudinally spaced windings, the wire being formed into successive generally longitudinally aligned waves having a given amplitude along a length of the wire, the waves being arranged in non-overlapping longitudinally spaced succession along a length of said tube, the longitudinal spacing of the helical windings being less than twice the given amplitude of the wave; said body defining an open area between said helically wound wire and wherein said percentage of open surface area of said stent in relationship to the total surface area of said stent is less than 28% in the closed condition.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
116 words
An intraluminal stent comprising: a generally elongate tubular body formed of an elongate helically wound wire, said helically wound wire defining longitudinally spaced windings, the wire being formed into successive generally longitudinally aligned waves having a given amplitude along a length of the wire, the waves being arranged in non-overlapping longitudinally spaced succession along a length of said tube, the longitudinal spacing of the helical windings being less than twice the given amplitude of the wave; said body defining an open area between said helically wound wire and wherein said percentage of open surface area of said stent in relationship to the total surface area of said stent is less than 28% in the closed condition.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
An intraluminal stent of claim 1 wherein longitudinally adjacent ones of said waves are longitudinally nested along the length of said tubular body.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
An intraluminal stent of claim 2 wherein said longitudinally nested waves define peaks which are linerally aligned.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
An intraluminal stent of claim 1 wherein said longitudinal spacing of the helical windings is less than the amplitude of the wave.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
An intraluminal stent of claim 1 wherein said tubular body is uniformly flexible along the length thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
An intraluminal stent of claim 5 wherein said stent is radially expandable after intraluminal implantation.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
111 words
A radially expandable generally tubular endoluminal implantable prosthesis comprising: a wire which is wound in a helical configuration to define a generally elongate tubular body, the wire including successively formed waves along the length of said wire, each wire wave being non-overlappingly nested within the wave formed longitudinally there adjacent; said wire having a given wire diameter mad wherein said wire defines a generally cylindrical outer surface having solid portions formed by said wire and open portions formed between said wound wire; said generally cylindrical outer surface defining a total surface area including an open surface and a wire surface and wherein said non-expanded wire surface substantially exceeds said open surface.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
111 words
A radially expandable generally tubular endoluminal implantable prosthesis comprising: a wire which is wound in a helical configuration to define a generally elongate tubular body, the wire including successively formed waves along the length of said wire, each wire wave being non-overlappingly nested within the wave formed longitudinally there adjacent; said wire having a given wire diameter mad wherein said wire defines a generally cylindrical outer surface having solid portions formed by said wire and open portions formed between said wound wire; said generally cylindrical outer surface defining a total surface area including an open surface and a wire surface and wherein said non-expanded wire surface substantially exceeds said open surface.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
A prosthesis of claim 7 wherein said wire waves are of generally uniform configuration defining a peak-to-peak amplitude of a preselected first dimension.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
A prosthesis of claim 8 wherein said longitudinally adjacent wire waves are spaced apart a preselected second dimension which is less than the preselected first dimension.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
18 words
A prosthesis of claim 7 wherein said open surface area is approximately 28% of said total surface area.
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