Stent and method for manufacturing the stent
First Claim
1. A stent, comprising:
- a stent body having;
a circumference;
struts disposed helically about said circumference in turns, at least two of said struts having respective strut ends; and
at least two paddle-shaped markers extending away from a respective one of said strut ends, said markers having respective marker extreme ends and different overall longitudinal lengths substantially aligning said marker extreme ends approximately along a single circumference of said stent body.
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Abstract
A stent includes a stent body having a circumference and struts disposed helically about the circumference in turns. At least two of the struts have respective strut ends. At least two paddle-shaped markers extend away from a respective one of the strut ends. The markers have respective marker extreme ends and different overall longitudinal lengths substantially aligning the marker extreme ends approximately along a single circumference of the stent body. A method for manufacturing a helical stent includes the steps of providing a stent body with struts disposed about the circumference thereof in turns and with bridges connecting the struts in adjacent turns. The stent body is expanded and, thereafter, some of the bridges, in particular, sacrificial bridges, are removed.
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35 Claims
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1. A stent, comprising:
a stent body having;
a circumference;
struts disposed helically about said circumference in turns, at least two of said struts having respective strut ends; and
at least two paddle-shaped markers extending away from a respective one of said strut ends, said markers having respective marker extreme ends and different overall longitudinal lengths substantially aligning said marker extreme ends approximately along a single circumference of said stent body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A stent, comprising:
a stent body having;
a circumference;
struts disposed helically about said circumference in turns, at least two of said struts having respective strut ends; and
at least two paddle-shaped markers extending away from a respective one of said strut ends, said markers having respective circumferentially flat extreme ends and different overall longitudinal lengths substantially aligning said flat extreme ends of said markers along approximately a single circumference of said stent body. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34)
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35. A stent, comprising:
a stent body having;
a circumference;
struts disposed helically about said circumference in turns and having a reduced state and first expanded state defining an outer circumferential cylinder with a first circumference, at least two of said struts having respective strut ends;
at least two paddle-shaped markers extending away from a respective one of said strut ends and having respective marker extreme ends; and
said markers having a second expanded state in which a second circumference defined by said marker extreme ends is greater than said first circumference.
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