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Flexible stent having a pattern formed from a sheet of material

  • US 5,632,771 A
  • Filed: 01/25/1995
  • Issued: 05/27/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/23/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A flexible stent comprising:

  • a seamless sheet of biocompatible material having a pattern in a surface of said seamless sheet, said pattern including in said seamless sheet a reinforcing member extending longitudinally therealong and a plurality of cells extending laterally from said reinforcing member, selected of said cells each being a closed cell, having a fixedly sized aperture extending through said surface of said seamless sheet and a segment extending laterally from said reinforcing member and disposed at least partially around the aperture of the cell, each segment of said selected cells being separated from any other cell in said stent.

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