Stents with high radial strength and methods of...

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2011-08-23

2011-08-23

Sweet, Thomas J (Department: 3738)

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

Arterial prosthesis

Stent structure

C623S001160

Reexamination Certificate

active

08002817

ABSTRACT:
Polymeric stents having fracture toughness and resistance to recoil after deployment are disclosed along with methods of manufacturing such stents. Improvements to mechanical characteristics and other improvements may be achieved by having polymer chains within individual stent struts oriented in a direction that is closer to or in line with the axis of the individual stent struts. The desired orientation of polymer molecules may be achieved by one or any combination of extruding polymers into hollow tubes to induce axially oriented polymer chains, applying a tensile load to polymer tubes to induce axially oriented polymer chains, and radially expanding polymer tubes to induce circumferentially oriented polymer chains. Stent patterns include struts defining diamond shaped cells and/or W-shaped cells.

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