Surgery – Instruments – Internal pressure applicator
Patent
1992-06-18
1994-08-30
Thaler, Michael H.
Surgery
Instruments
Internal pressure applicator
A61M 2902
Patent
active
053423879
ABSTRACT:
A stent comprising a coil including a plurality of arcuate sections that alternate directions around a central axis, each arcuate section including a pair of curved turns joined by a cusp, and the cusps of adjacent arcuate sections intermeshing and defining at least one region of overlap, which in turn describes a helix around and along the length of the coil. In the preferred embodiment, there are two regions of overlap, which together describe a double helix. In another preferred embodiment, the stent is bifurcated so as to support a branched vessel or the like.
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American BioMed, Inc.
Rose David A.
Thaler Michael H.
Watkins Marcella D.
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