发明名称 |
MULTI-SEGMENT MODULAR STENT AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING STENTS |
摘要 |
A modular stent comprises at least one stent module including an intermediate segment consisting of one of either a closed-cell segment or a Z-segment and a pair of end segments connected to respective longitudinal ends of said intermediate segment, each end segment consisting of the other of said closed-cell segment or Z-segment, each closed-cell segment consisting solely of at least one annular closed-cell ring and each Z-segment consisting solely of at least one annular Z-ring. A method of manufacturing a stent from a small diameter tube includes laser-cutting the small diameter tube to define a plurality of longitudinally adjacent Z-rings, providing interconnector portions of said tube integrally joining facing aligned or offset Z-rings, expanding the small diameter tube, and removing predetermined interconnector portions from the expanded tube to provide the predetermined desired arrangement of interconnected closed-cell rings and Z-rings. |
申请公布号 |
EP1469791(B1) |
申请公布日期 |
2008.02.06 |
申请号 |
EP20020789974 |
申请日期 |
2002.12.03 |
申请人 |
INTEK TECHNOLOGY LLC |
发明人 |
RABKIN, DIMITRY, J.;MORAG, EYAL;PERELSON, OPHIR |
分类号 |
A61F;A61F2/00;A61F2/91;A61F2/915;A61F2/95;A61F2/958 |
主分类号 |
A61F |
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