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Hollow Helical Stent System

  • US 20100268314A1
  • Filed: 04/17/2009
  • Published: 10/21/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A stent system comprising:

  • an actuation shaft having an elongated tubular body defining a lumen;

    a stent releasably attached to the actuation shaft and formed from a resilient tube having a fluid passageway in fluid communication with the actuation shaft lumen, the stent having a helical expanded configuration where the resilient tube forms consecutive loops with a blood flow lumen therethrough and a linear delivery configuration where the loops of the resilient tube are substantially straightened,wherein the stent is transformable from the delivery configuration to the helical expanded configuration through introduction of a deployment fluid into the fluid passageway of the resilient tube via the actuation shaft lumen.

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