Stent and method of manufacturing same
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1. A stent, said stent comprising:
- a substantially radially expandable scaffold including interlinked struts, said scaffold being configurable into both a retracted and an expanded configuration, wherein in said retracted configuration, the diameter of said scaffold along at least a portion thereof is smaller than the diameter of said scaffold in said expanded configuration; and
a sheath mounted to said scaffold so that at least some of said struts are embedded into said sheath, said sheath allowing a substantially radial movement of said struts between said expanded and said retracted configurations with said at least some of said struts remaining embedded in said sheath during said substantially radial movement.
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Abstract
A stent including a substantially radially expandable scaffold including interlinked struts, the scaffold being configurable into both a retracted and an expanded configuration. In the retracted configuration, the diameter of the scaffold along at least a portion thereof is smaller than the diameter of the scaffold the expanded configuration. The stent further includes a sheath mounted to the scaffold so that at least some of the struts are embedded into the sheath. The sheath allows a substantially radial movement of the struts between the expanded and the retracted configurations with the at least some of the struts remaining embedded in the sheath during the substantially radial movement.
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49 Claims
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1. A stent, said stent comprising:
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a substantially radially expandable scaffold including interlinked struts, said scaffold being configurable into both a retracted and an expanded configuration, wherein in said retracted configuration, the diameter of said scaffold along at least a portion thereof is smaller than the diameter of said scaffold in said expanded configuration; and
a sheath mounted to said scaffold so that at least some of said struts are embedded into said sheath, said sheath allowing a substantially radial movement of said struts between said expanded and said retracted configurations with said at least some of said struts remaining embedded in said sheath during said substantially radial movement. - 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 method for manufacturing a stent, the stent having a stent passageway extending longitudinally therethrough, said method comprising:
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providing a substantially radially expandable scaffold including interlinked struts, the scaffold being configurable into both a retracted and an expanded configuration, wherein in the retracted configuration, the diameter of the scaffold along at least a portion thereof is smaller than the diameter of the scaffold in said expanded configuration along the at least a portion thereof; and
mounting a sheath to the scaffold so that at least some of said struts are embedded into said sheath, said sheath allowing a substantially radial movement of said struts between said expanded and said retracted configurations with said at least some of said struts remaining embedded in said sheath during said substantially radial movement. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A stent, said stent comprising:
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a substantially radially expandable scaffold means including interlinked strut means, said scaffold means being configurable into both a retracted and an expanded configuration, wherein in said retracted configuration, the diameter of said scaffold means along at least a portion thereof is smaller than the diameter of said scaffold means in said expanded configuration; and
a sheath means mounted to said scaffold means so that at least some of said strut means are embedded into said sheath means, said sheath means allowing a substantially radial movement of said strut means between said expanded and said retracted configurations with said at least some of said strut means remaining embedded in said sheath means during said substantially radial movement.
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