Flexible Resheathable Stent Design
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Abstract
A self-expanding stent includes capture segments including a first capture segment and a second capture segment. The first capture segment includes a first crown coupled to a first crown of the second capture segment and a second crown, where the second crown is spaced apart from an adjacent second crown of the second capture segment when the self-expanding stent is in a relaxed state, and further where the second crown of the first capture segment captures the adjacent second crown of the second capture segment when the self-expanding stent is in a radially compressed state.
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1-16. -16. (canceled)
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17. :
- A method comprising;
initiating deployment of a self-expanding stent comprising capture segments;
recapturing said self-expanding stent by sequentially collapsing said capture segments, wherein each of said capture segments captures the immediately adjacent distal capture segment during said recapturing;
repositioning said self-expanding stent; and
redeploying said self-expanding stent. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
- A method comprising;
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22. :
- A method of recapturing a stent comprising;
radially compressing said stent to cause a crown of a first segment of said stent to move longitudinally relative to a crown of a second segment of said stent so that said first segment captures said second segment.
- A method of recapturing a stent comprising;
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