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Covered stents and systems for deploying covered stents

  • US 20030074049A1
  • Filed: 11/05/2002
  • Published: 04/17/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A covered stent for use in the body of a living being, said covered stent comprising a stent and a cover, said stent being an elongated tubular member having a pair of marginal edges and an intermediate portion and comprising plural elongated support portions interconnected with one another to form an open tubular framework, said open tubular framework having an inner surface and an outer surface, said cover being disposed over at least one of said surfaces of said hollow tubular framework and having an opening therein to enable said covered stent to be used in a vessel, duct, lumen or hollow organ of the living being that has a side-branch or bifurcation to another vessel, duct, lumen or hollow organ so that flow of a fluid from the vessel, duct, lumen or hollow organ to the other vessel, duct, lumen or hollow organ is not blocked by said cover.

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