Intravascular stent apparatus
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1. A stent in a non-expanded state, comprising:
- a first expansion column including individual expansion struts forming a plurality of expansion strut pairs, wherein two adjacent expansion strut pairs share a common strut;
a second expansion column including individual expansion struts forming a plurality of expansion strut pairs, wherein two adjacent expansion strut pairs share a common strut;
a first connecting strut column including a plurality of individual first connecting struts that couple the first and second expansion columns, wherein each of a first connecting strut in the first connecting strut column has a stair-step geometric configuration with a curvilinear proximal section and a curvilinear distal section.
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Abstract
Various intravascular stents, such as intracoronary stents, include improved expansion and connecting strut designs. Such stents can be both very flexible and fully cover vessel surface inside the vascular lumen, and be well designed for both the delivery phase and the deployed phase of the stent life cycle.
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1. A stent in a non-expanded state, comprising:
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a first expansion column including individual expansion struts forming a plurality of expansion strut pairs, wherein two adjacent expansion strut pairs share a common strut;
a second expansion column including individual expansion struts forming a plurality of expansion strut pairs, wherein two adjacent expansion strut pairs share a common strut;
a first connecting strut column including a plurality of individual first connecting struts that couple the first and second expansion columns, wherein each of a first connecting strut in the first connecting strut column has a stair-step geometric configuration with a curvilinear proximal section and a curvilinear distal section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A stent in a non-expanded state, comprising:
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a first expansion column including individual expansion struts forming a plurality of expansion strut pair loops that couple adjacent individual expansion struts, wherein two adjacent expansion struts share a common strut;
a second expansion column including individual expansion struts forming a plurality of expansion strut pair loops that couple adjacent individual expansion struts, wherein two adjacent expansion struts share a common strut; and
a first connecting strut column including a plurality of individual connecting struts, wherein each of a first connecting strut in the first connecting strut column has a stair-step geometric configuration with a curvilinear proximal section and a curvilinear distal section. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91)
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