Expandable stent

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1997-09-25

2000-02-08

Buiz, Michael

Surgery

Instruments

Internal pressure applicator

606195, A61M 2900

Patent

active

060223707

ABSTRACT:
A radially expandable stent which is formed from a fine wire bent into a serpentine flat ribbon which is wound around a mandrel into a cylindrical sleeve for mounting on a balloon catheter for transluminal insertion in a vessel. The wire forming the stent comprises an alloy selected from the group consisting of Pt--Ir or Au--Ni, and where the alloy exhibits a tensile strength of about 155,000 to 175,000 PSI.

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