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Intraluminal stent and graft

  • US 5,683,448 A
  • Filed: 11/23/1994
  • Issued: 11/04/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/21/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An intraluminal stent and graft apparatus comprising:

  • a stent member and a tubular graft member secured to the stent member;

    said stent member is compressible and expandable substantially to a pre-compressed configuration, said stent member being made of a predetermined length of wire having a zig-zag configuration with apices and defining a plurality of hoops disposed in succession along a common axis, wherein axially oppositely disposed apices of adjacent hoops abut one another, and wherein said apparatus further comprises a plurality of loop members for connecting abutting apices of adjacent hoops.

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