US5938682A
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Axially flexible stent
Assignee: Cordis US Corp
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Filing: 1997-09-22
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Granted: 1999-08-17
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Expires: 2017-09-22
Abstract
Abstract A stent with axial flexibility, in a preferred embodiment, has a longitudinal axis and comprises a plurality of longitudinally disposed bands, wherein each band defines a generally continuous wave along a line segment parallel to the longitudinal axis. A plurality of links maintains the bands in a tubular structure. In a further embodiment of the invention, each longitudinally disposed band of the stent is connected, at a plurality of periodic locations, by a short circumferential link to an adjac6ent band.
Inventors
- 👤 Hikmat Hojeibane
- 👤 Larry B. Gray
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 16:12
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/82; A61F2/856; A61F2/86; A61F2/90; A61F2/91; A61F2/915; A61F2/88; A61F2/885; A61F2002/91525; A61F2002/91533; A61F2002/91541; A61F2002/9155; A61F2002/91558
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
121 words
A stent having first and second ends with an intermediate section therebetween, the stent further having a longitudinal axis and providing axial flexibility, comprising: a plurality of longitudinally disposed bands, wherein each band defines a generally continuous wave having a spatial frequency along a line segment parallel to the longitudinal axis; a plurality of links for maintaining the bands in a tubular structure, wherein the links are so disposed that any single circumferential path formed by the links is discontinuous; and wherein the stent comprises a plurality of stent segments, each of the stent segments containing at least one generally continuous curvilinear strut, said stent segments connected by at least one flexible connector displaced between a pair of adjacent stent segments.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
121 words
A stent having first and second ends with an intermediate section therebetween, the stent further having a longitudinal axis and providing axial flexibility, comprising: a plurality of longitudinally disposed bands, wherein each band defines a generally continuous wave having a spatial frequency along a line segment parallel to the longitudinal axis; a plurality of links for maintaining the bands in a tubular structure, wherein the links are so disposed that any single circumferential path formed by the links is discontinuous; and wherein the stent comprises a plurality of stent segments, each of the stent segments containing at least one generally continuous curvilinear strut, said stent segments connected by at least one flexible connector displaced between a pair of adjacent stent segments.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
A stent according to claim 1, wherein each link is axially displaced from any circumferentially adjacent link.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
A stent according to claim 1, wherein the wave associated with each of the bands has approximately the same fundamental spatial frequency for the intermediate section.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
A stent according to claim 3, wherein the bands are so disposed that the waves associated with them are spatially aligned so as to be generally in phase with one another.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
A stent according to claim 4, wherein each link is axially displaced from any circumferentially adjacent link.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
A stent according to claim 5, wherein, at each one of a first group of common axial positions, there is a circumferential link between each of a first set of adjacent pairs of bands.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
57 words
A stent according to claim 2, wherein the spatial frequency of the wave associated with each of the bands, is decreased in a first end region lying proximate to the first end and in a second end region lying proximate to the second end, in comparison to the spatial frequency of the wave in the intermediate section.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
A stent according to claim 7, wherein the spatial frequency is decreased by about 20% compared with the spatial frequency of the wave in the intermediate section.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
50 words
A stent according to claim 7, wherein the first end region lies between the first end and a set of circumferential links lying closest to the first end and the second end region lies between the second end and a set of circumferential links lying closest to the second end.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
A stent according to claim 7, wherein widths of corresponding sections of the bands, measured in a circumferential direction, are greater in the first and second regions than in the intermediate section.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
32 words
A stent according to claim 9, wherein widths of corresponding sections of the bands, measured in a circumferential direction, are greater in the first and second regions than in the intermediate section.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
50 words
A stent according to claim 8, wherein the first end region lies between the first end and a set of circumferential links lying closest to the first end and the second end region lies between the second end and a set of circumferential links lying closest to the second end.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
27 words
A stent according to claim 12, wherein widths of corresponding sections of the bands, measured in a circumferential direction, are greater in the first and second end.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
56 words
A stent according to claim 6, wherein the spatial frequency of the wave associated with each of the bands, is decreased in a first end region lying proximate to the first end and a second end region lying proximate to the second end, in comparison to the spatial frequency of the wave in the intermediate section.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
14 words
The stent of claim 1 wherein the flexible connector is generally an "Ω" shape.
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