Extendible stent apparatus
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1. A stent for placement in a bifurcated body lumen having a main branch and a side branch, said stent comprising:
- a main tubular stent body having a first end, a second end, a lumen therethrough, and a side opening having a plurality of laterally deployable elements therein.
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Abstract
The bifurcating double stent apparatus (10) of the present invention comprises a generally cylindrical main stent (12), a generally cylindrical branch stent (15), which are shown as fully dilated in a subject main vessel (8), and a subject branch vessel (7). The main stent (12) is deployed prior to the branch stent (15) which is then aligned with the side opening (16) of the main stent (12), and attached at that location.
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21 Claims
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1. A stent for placement in a bifurcated body lumen having a main branch and a side branch, said stent comprising:
a main tubular stent body having a first end, a second end, a lumen therethrough, and a side opening having a plurality of laterally deployable elements therein. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A stent for placement in a bifurcated body lumen, said stent comprising:
a main tubular body having a first end, a second end, and a side opening between said ends, wherein a first portion of the main tubular body between the first end and the side hole opens in response to a first radially outward pressure and a second portion of the main tubular body between the side hole and the second end opens in response to a second pressure, wherein the first pressure is less than the second pressure. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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16. A method for attaching a second stent to a first stent, said method comprising:
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expanding a main tubular stent body; and
laterally deflecting a plurality of elements disposed about a side opening on the main tubular stent body. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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