Multilayer Sheet Stent
First Claim
1. A rolled sheet multilayer stent, the rolled sheet multilayer stent having an unrolled state, a rolled state, an outer surface layer, and an inner surface layer, the rolled sheet multilayer stent comprising a first sheet and a second sheet, the first and second sheets each having a first edge, a second edge and at least one cell design, the at least one cell design comprising a plurality of struts forming a plurality of cells, in the unrolled state the first and second sheets lay on top of one another so that the first edge of the first sheet and the first edge of the second sheet form a first edge of the rolled sheet multilayer stent, in the rolled state the first edge of the first sheet opposite from the second edge of the first sheet and the first edge of the second sheet opposite from the second edge of the second sheet, the first sheet having a first circumferential length, the second sheet having a second circumferential length, the first circumferential length greater than the second circumferential length.
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Abstract
A rolled sheet multilayer stent having an unrolled state, an outer surface layer, and an inner surface layer and comprising a first sheet and a second sheet. The first and second sheets each have a first edge and at least one cell design comprising a plurality of struts which form a plurality of cells. When the rolled sheet multilayer stent is in an unrolled state, the first and second sheets lay on top of one another so that the first edge of the first sheet and the first edge of the second sheet form a first edge of the rolled sheet multilayer stent. When the rolled sheet multilayer stent is in a rolled state, the first edge of the first sheet is opposite from the second edge of the first sheet and the first edge of the second sheet is opposite from the second edge of the second sheet. The first sheet has a first circumferential length and the second sheet has a second circumferential length where the first circumferential length is greater than the second circumferential length.
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- 1. A rolled sheet multilayer stent, the rolled sheet multilayer stent having an unrolled state, a rolled state, an outer surface layer, and an inner surface layer, the rolled sheet multilayer stent comprising a first sheet and a second sheet, the first and second sheets each having a first edge, a second edge and at least one cell design, the at least one cell design comprising a plurality of struts forming a plurality of cells, in the unrolled state the first and second sheets lay on top of one another so that the first edge of the first sheet and the first edge of the second sheet form a first edge of the rolled sheet multilayer stent, in the rolled state the first edge of the first sheet opposite from the second edge of the first sheet and the first edge of the second sheet opposite from the second edge of the second sheet, the first sheet having a first circumferential length, the second sheet having a second circumferential length, the first circumferential length greater than the second circumferential length.
- 14. A rolled sheet multilayer stent, the rolled sheet multilayer stent having an outer surface layer, an outer diameter, an inner surface layer, an inner diameter, a proximal end, and a distal end, the rolled sheet multilayer stent comprising a first sheet, a second sheet, a third sheet and a fourth sheet, the first sheet forming a substantial portion of the outer surface layer, the fourth sheet forming a substantial portion of the inner surface layer, the first, second, third and fourth sheets each having at least one cell design, the at least one cell design comprising a plurality of struts forming a plurality of cells,
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