Vascular stents
First Claim
1. A vascular stent comprising a body of resiliently flexible material defining a generally hollow tubular structure of discontinuous external surface, in which adjacent parts of the body are spaced apart when the stent is in an unflexed condition, a plurality of said parts of the body being linked together by joining segments, at least some of said joining segments being present along the length of the body, a major part of said at least some joining segments being displaced away from the said discontinuous external surface of the stent.
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Abstract
A vascular stent comprising a body of resiliently flexible material defining a generally hollow tubular structure of discontinuous external surface, in which adjacent parts of the body are spaced apart when the stent is in an unflexed condition, a plurality of said parts of the body being linked together by joining segments, at least some of said joining segments being present along the length of the body, a major part of said at least some joining segments being displaced away from the said discontinuous external surface of the stent.
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17 Claims
- 1. A vascular stent comprising a body of resiliently flexible material defining a generally hollow tubular structure of discontinuous external surface, in which adjacent parts of the body are spaced apart when the stent is in an unflexed condition, a plurality of said parts of the body being linked together by joining segments, at least some of said joining segments being present along the length of the body, a major part of said at least some joining segments being displaced away from the said discontinuous external surface of the stent.
- 3. A stent as claimed in either preceding claim in which the flexible material is wire.
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