Stents for supporting lumens in living tissue

Details Stents for supporting lumens in living tissue Stents for supporting lumens in living tissue

1998-12-21

2000-06-06

Buiz, Michael

Surgery

Instruments

Internal pressure applicator

606194, A61M 2900

Patent

active

060712988

ABSTRACT:
A stent for helping to hold open a lumen in a tubular body structure has at least one axial portion (preferably an axial end portion) that stents the surrounding portion of the tubular body structure to a lesser degree than another axial portion of the stent. For example, the stent portion that stents to a lesser degree may be circumferentially weaker than the other stent portion, or it may recoil more than the other stent portion after the stent is applied by being circumferentially expanded and then released.

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