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Uniformly expandable stent

  • US 10,588,765 B2
  • Filed: 06/29/2015
  • Issued: 03/17/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An intraluminal prosthesis, comprising:

  • a stent architecture comprising;

    a plurality of stent cells defined by connected stent rings, each stent ring comprising;

    a series of stent elements repeating along a circumferential axis, including;

    R-shaped stent elements having at least four different orientations with respect to the circumferential axis, the R-shaped stent elements having at least a first straight portion, and U-shaped stent elements having at least two different orientations, the U-shaped stent elements connecting adjacent R-shaped stent elements such that the first straight portion of each of the R-shaped stent elements is connected to a U-shaped stent element, the first straight portion of each of the R-shaped stent elements narrowing in width toward the U-shaped stent element.

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