Stent with an end of greater diameter than its main body

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1998-02-09

2000-04-25

Yu, Mickey

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

Arterial prosthesis

Stent structure

A61F 206

Patent

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060539410

ABSTRACT:
For the better anchoring of a stent in its use area within a vessel, in the case of a stent expandable from a radially contracted introduction state into a radially expanded position state and having a body with material areas in the form of ribs and gaps in the form of free spaces between the ribs, in the radially expanded state at least one front end of the stent has a greater radial extension than the remaining main stent body with the material areas of the body being relatively thin and without material crossing points as in knitted and braided structures.

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