Expandable medical device with S-shaped bridging elements

Details Expandable medical device with S-shaped bridging elements Expandable medical device with S-shaped bridging elements

2011-03-01

2011-03-01

Bui, Vy Q (Department: 3773)

Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or ai

Arterial prosthesis

Stent structure

C606S194000, C606S195000, C606S198000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07896912

ABSTRACT:
An expandable medical device includes a plurality of cylindrical tubes each formed of a plurality of adjacent struts interconnected at alternating ends. The plurality of cylindrical tubes are expandable from a first diameter to a second diameter at which the adjacent struts form substantially V-shapes. The plurality of cylindrical tubes are arranged with the interconnected ends of the struts aligned facing each other in adjacent cylindrical tubes and a plurality of S-shaped bridging elements connected between the interconnected ends of the struts in adjacent cylindrical tubes. The bridging elements are connected entirely above a midline of the V-shapes on one cylindrical tube and entirely below the midline of the V-shapes on an adjacent cylindrical tube.

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