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Stent, stent graft and stent valve
Assignee: Vascular Concepts Holdings Ltd
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Filing: 1999-07-21
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Granted: 2001-06-12
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Expires: 2019-07-21
Abstract
Abstract A star-shaped stent and replacement valve or replacement graft for use in repairing damaged vascular organs: Two to eight star-shaped members are interconnected into a “chain”. Once this “chain” has been created through interconnection of the star-shaped members, a central opening through all of the interconnected star-shaped members receives a graft made of any suitable flexible and bio-compatible material. A catheter delivery system is used to deliver the stent with the graft to the desired site. The star-shaped stents are made by using a laser to cut out a plurality of flat star-shaped members with a plurality of outwardly and inwardly directed points. The outwardly directed points are bent so that they face away from a plane defined by the inwardly directed points and then a series of such stents are fastened together in a chain.
Inventors
- 👤 Swaminathan Jayaraman
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-23 10:38
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/02; A61F2/24; A61F2/2412; A61F2/04; A61F2/06; A61F2/07; A61F2/2418; A61F2/82; A61F2/86; A61F2/90; A61F2/91; A61F2/915; A61F2/2415; A61F2/95; A61F2/954; A61F2/958; A61F2002/065; A61F2002/075; A61F2002/828; A61F2002/91525; A61F2002/91533; A61F2002/9155; A61F2002/91558; A61F2002/91575; A61F2210/00; A61F2210/0076; A61F2220/00; A61F2220/0025; A61F2220/005; A61F2220/0058; A61F2220/0075; A61F2230/00; A61F2230/0002; A61F2230/0004; A61F2230/0013; A61F2230/0017; A61F2230/0023; A61F2230/0028; A61F2230/005; A61F2230/0054; A61F2230/0058; A61F2240/00; A61F2240/001; A61F2250/00; A61F2250/0014; A61F2250/0048
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 29
Claim 1
Independent Claim
68 words
A stent comprising: a) a plurality of star-shaped members, each including: i) a plurality of outwardly directed points and an equal plurality of inwardly directed points; ii) an open center; iii) said outwardly directed points being bent and facing away from a plane defined by said inwardly directed points; and b) said star-shaped members being connected together by identical or dissimilar shaped members to form a continuous stent.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
68 words
A stent comprising: a) a plurality of star-shaped members, each including: i) a plurality of outwardly directed points and an equal plurality of inwardly directed points; ii) an open center; iii) said outwardly directed points being bent and facing away from a plane defined by said inwardly directed points; and b) said star-shaped members being connected together by identical or dissimilar shaped members to form a continuous stent.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
The stent of claim 1 , wherein said star-shaped members are connected together by a micro-weld that fastens at least one outwardly directed point of one star-shaped member with a corresponding outwardly directed point of an adjacent star-shaped member.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
The stent of claim 1 , wherein said star-shaped members are connected together by a micro-weld that fastens at least one inwardly directed point of one star-shaped member with a corresponding inwardly directed point of an adjacent star-shaped member.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
61 words
The stent of claim 2 , wherein adjacent said star-shaped members form a pair of star-shaped members, and further including two pairs of star-shaped members being fastened together by a micro-weld that fastens at least one inwardly directed point of one star-shaped member of one such pair with a corresponding inwardly directed point of one star-shaped member of an adjacent pair.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
61 words
The stent of claim 3 , wherein adjacent said star-shaped members form a pair of star-shaped members, and further including two pairs of star-shaped members being fastened together by a micro-weld that fastens at least one outwardly directed point of one star-shaped member of one such pair with a corresponding outwardly directed point of one star-shaped member of an adjacent pair.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
The stent of claim 1 placed in a vascular conduit of the human body to relieve a constriction and create an open channel for communication.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
The stent of claim 1 placed in a non-vascular conduit of the human body to relieve a constriction and create an open channel for communication.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
37 words
The stent of claim 6 mounted on a balloon catheter which expands the stent from a first diameter size to a second diameter size having the same exterior diameter as the inner diameter of the vascular conduit.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
37 words
The stent of claim 7 mounted on a balloon catheter which expands the stent from a first diameter size to a second diameter size having the same exterior diameter as the inner diameter of the non-vascular conduit.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
75 words
A method of making a stent from a flat two-dimensional metal sheet including the steps of: a) forming a plurality of flat star-shaped members each including a plurality of outwardly directed points and an equal plurality of inwardly directed points and an open center; b) bending said outwardly directed points so that they face away from a plane defined by said inwardly directed points; c) fastening said star-shaped members together with an octagonal shaped member.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
75 words
A method of making a stent from a flat two-dimensional metal sheet including the steps of: a) forming a plurality of flat star-shaped members each including a plurality of outwardly directed points and an equal plurality of inwardly directed points and an open center; b) bending said outwardly directed points so that they face away from a plane defined by said inwardly directed points; c) fastening said star-shaped members together with an octagonal shaped member.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method of claim 10 , wherein said fastening step includes the step of micro-welding said star-shaped members together by fastening at least one outwardly directed point of one star-shaped member with a corresponding outwardly directed point of an adjacent star-shaped member.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method of claim 10 , wherein said fastening step includes the step of micro-welding said star-shaped members together by fastening at least one inwardly directed point of one star-shaped member with a corresponding inwardly directed point of an adjacent star-shaped member.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
62 words
The method of claim 11 , wherein adjacent said star-shaped members form a pair of star-shaped members, and said method further including the step of fastening two pairs of star-shaped members together by fastening at least one inwardly directed point of one star-shaped member of one such pair with a corresponding inwardly directed point of one star-shaped member of an adjacent pair.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
62 words
The method of claim 12 , wherein adjacent said star-shaped members form a pair of star-shaped members, and said method further including the step of fastening two pairs of star-shaped members together by fastening at least one outwardly directed point of one star-shaped member of one such pair with a corresponding outwardly directed point of one star-shaped member of an adjacent pair.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method of claim 10 wherein the plurality of flat-star shaped members are derived from cutting a flat metal sheet of a material selected from the group consisting of stainless steel, titanium, elgiloy or nickel-titanium alloy and joining star-shaped members from different material metal sheets together.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
70 words
A stent comprising: a) a plurality of star-shaped members, each including: i) a plurality of at least three outwardly directed points and a like number of inwardly directed points; ii) an open center; iii) said outwardly directed points being bent and facing away from a plane defined by said inwardly directed points; b) said star-shaped members being micro-welded together; and c) a graft tubular body fastened to said star-shaped members.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
70 words
A stent comprising: a) a plurality of star-shaped members, each including: i) a plurality of at least three outwardly directed points and a like number of inwardly directed points; ii) an open center; iii) said outwardly directed points being bent and facing away from a plane defined by said inwardly directed points; b) said star-shaped members being micro-welded together; and c) a graft tubular body fastened to said star-shaped members.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
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The stent according to claim 16 wherein the star-shaped members are sutured to the tubular body.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
12 words
The stent according to claim 17 wherein the tubular body is bifurcated.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
22 words
The stent according to claim 16 wherein the tubular body is a knitted, woven or extruded polymeric material acceptable to living tissue.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
31 words
The stent according to claim 16 wherein a material selected from the group consisting of an anti-coagulant, growth factor, antirestonoic factors and genetic material is incorporated on the graft tubular body.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
22 words
The stent according to claim 16 wherein the plurality of star-shaped members are on an outside surface of the graft tubular body.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
17 words
The stent according to claim 16 wherein the graft tubular body surrounds the plurality of star-shaped members.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
37 words
The stent according to claim 16 wherein the plurality of star-shaped members are on an outside surface of two graft tubular bodies and a middle portion of the star-shaped member is separated from the graft tubular body.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
20 words
A stent formed from the stent joined to the graft tubular body of claim 16 employed as a heart valve.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
21 words
A stent formed from the stent joined to the graft tubular body of claim 16 employed to correct an arterial aneurysm.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
41 words
The stent according to claim 20 wherein the material is incorporated into the graft tubular body through a controlled release agent selected from the group consisting of a synthetic biodegradable compound, a non-biodegradable compound, a biologically derived protein and a liposome.
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