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Intravascular radially expandable stent and method

Assignee: Numed Inc
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Filing: 1991-11-26
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2011-11-26
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Abstract

Abstract An improved radially expandable stent formed from a fine wire bent into a serpentine flat ribbon which is wound around a mandrel (14) into a cylindrical sleeve for mounting on a balloon catheter for transluminal insertion in a vessel such as a blood vessel is provided. A very small diameter fine platinum wire is used to form the basic cylindrical sleeve and it is welded (22), (24), (26) to a pigtail (20) of the wire forming the sleeve to provide longitudinal stability.

Inventors

  • 👤 Allen J. Tower

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction WO
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 05:18
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/82; A61F2/86; A61F2/88

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References Cited (Backward Citations)

EP0282175A1 Cited
EP0357003B1 Cited

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