摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a self-expanding stent capable of reducing resistance when stored in a sheath and when discharged from the sheath, and to provide a stent delivery system. <P>SOLUTION: The self-expanding stent has a housing 130 arranged an opening 132 where a marker 134 having an imaging property is housed. The length W<SB POS="POST">C</SB>of the opening 132 regarding a circumferential direction C orthogonal to the axial direction A of the stent is shorter than the length L<SB POS="POST">A</SB>of the opening 132 regarding the axial direction A, and is equal to or shorter than 1/3 of the length W<SB POS="POST">T</SB>of the housing 130 regarding the circumferential direction C. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT</p> |