Electromagnetic radiation transparent device and method of making thereof
First Claim
1. A medical stent, comprising:
- a plurality of links, each link being connected together so as to form a cylindrical shaped medical stent, each link being shaped so as to be expandable, said expansion of said links causing an increase in a radius of the medical stent; and
a track-and-lock mechanism having a shape substantially matching the shape of said links so as to substantially prevent said links from moving in such a way as to reduce the radius of the medical stent.
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Abstract
A medical device includes a pattern of electrically conductive material. The pattern of electrically conductive material has an anti-antenna geometrical shape such that the anti-antenna geometrical shape substantially prevents the medical device from creating an imaging artifact and/or substantially allows imaging of a volume within the medical device. The pattern may be formed by multiple “figure-8” shaped electrical conductors, multiple “figure-8” emulating electrical conductors, multiple sine-wave-like shaped electrical conductors, multiple zig-zag patterned electrical conductors, by multiple electrical conductors, each having sequential conductive loops, and/or a single conductor weaved into a loop mesh. The electrically conductive material may be titanium, tantalum, nitinol, stainless steel, and/or NbZr.
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18 Claims
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1. A medical stent, comprising:
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a plurality of links, each link being connected together so as to form a cylindrical shaped medical stent, each link being shaped so as to be expandable, said expansion of said links causing an increase in a radius of the medical stent; and
a track-and-lock mechanism having a shape substantially matching the shape of said links so as to substantially prevent said links from moving in such a way as to reduce the radius of the medical stent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A medical stent, comprising:
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a plurality of links, each link being connected together so as to form a cylindrical shaped medical stent, each link being shaped so as to be expandable upon application of heat, said expansion of said links causing an increase in a radius of the medical stent; and
a track-and-lock mechanism having a shape substantially matching the shape of said links so as to allow said links to move in a single direction. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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