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Stent having an expandable web structure

  • US 20070135891A1
  • Filed: 11/16/2006
  • Published: 06/14/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/05/1998
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A stent comprising:

  • a tubular body having a proximal, a distal end, and a lumen extending therebetween, the tubular body having a wall defining a web structure configured for expansion from a collapsed delivery configuration to an expanded deployed configuration, the web structure comprising a plurality of neighboring web patterns of alternating concavities that extend circumferentially around the wall, each of the web patterns including a plurality of arcuate struts interconnected by bends, and neighboring web patterns being connected by two or more X-shaped transition sections, each X-shaped transition section being formed by a junction between a pair of bends of opposite curvatures.

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