Stent with diagonal flexible connecting links

Details Stent with diagonal flexible connecting links Stent with diagonal flexible connecting links

2002-06-28

2011-12-20

Sweet, Thomas J (Department: 3738)

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

Arterial prosthesis

Stent structure

C623S001160

Reexamination Certificate

active

08080052

ABSTRACT:
The present invention envisions an improved flexible connecting link used in conjunction with in-phase and half-phase circumferential sets of strut members. By increasing the total length and diagonality of the undulating connecting links, the present invention is a stent that provides increased flexibility during delivery and enhanced conformability to the shape of a curved artery when the stent is deployed into a curved vessel such as a tortuous coronary artery.

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