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INTERVENTIONAL MEDICAL DEVICE COMPONENT HAVING AN INTERRUPTED SPIRAL SECTION AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME

  • US 20080097398A1
  • Filed: 07/31/2006
  • Published: 04/24/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A component of an interventional medical device operable while within a body vessel, comprising a generally hollow tubular portion including a spiral ribbon having adjacent turns, said ribbon being between a helically oriented pathway of a plurality of open sections alternating with bridge members in end-to-end fashion, wherein said spiral ribbon defines a relatively rigid region, a relatively flexible region, and a first transition region between the relatively rigid region and the relatively flexible region.

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