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Double-Walled Stent System

  • US 20090248132A1
  • Filed: 04/01/2008
  • Published: 10/01/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A stent system for use within a body lumen, the system comprising:

  • an interior stent component having a proximal end, a distal end, and a generally tubular cylindrical body defining a central flow lumen there through; and

    an exterior stent component including a plurality of longitudinally-extending connectors, wherein the proximal and distal ends of the interior stent component are attached to the exterior stent component such that the longitudinally-extending connectors are radially positioned around the tubular body of the interior stent component,wherein when the stent system is in an expanded configuration the longitudinally-extending connectors of the exterior stent component are configured to bow radially outward against a vessel wall of the body lumen while the interior stent component remains radially positioned within the longitudinally-extending connectors.

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