Profiled stent and method of manufacture
First Claim
1. A profiled stent for helping to hold open a lumen in living tissue comprising:
- at least one support member having at least a first side, a second side, and a third side, and three rounded edges defined where the first and the second sides, the first and the third sides, and the second and the third sides meet.
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Abstract
A profiled stent for supporting and maintaining the patency of lumens in living tissue. The profiled stent includes a plurality of support members, each of the support members having a first side, a second side positioned opposite the first side, a third side adjoining the first and second sides, a fourth side positioned opposite the third side adjoining the first and second sides. Four corners are defined by the adjoining first, second, third, and fourth sides. At least one of the support members of the stent is profiled such that the four corners of that support member are round, while the first and second sides are substantially flat or, stated differently, exhibit substantially similar radii of curvature.
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19 Claims
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1. A profiled stent for helping to hold open a lumen in living tissue comprising:
at least one support member having at least a first side, a second side, and a third side, and three rounded edges defined where the first and the second sides, the first and the third sides, and the second and the third sides meet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A profiled stent for helping to hold open a lumen comprising:
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at least one stent section;
said at least one stent section including at least one supporting member having a first side, a second side positioned opposite the first side, a third side adjoining the first and second sides, a fourth side positioned opposite the third side adjoining the first and second sides, and four corners defined by the first, second, third, and fourth sides, wherein the four corners of the at least one support member are round, and the first and second sides are profiled such as to exhibit substantially similar radii of curvature. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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12. A method for producing a stent to be placed in a lumen in living tissue comprising the steps of:
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manufacturing the stent; and
profiling the stent to create a profiled stent.
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