Endoprosthesis
First Claim
1. An endoprosthesis for use in vessels of the human or animal body, comprising each of said filaments including a tubular latticework made of flexurally rigid elastic filaments, each of said filaments including a core element of high tensile strength and a shell which surrounds the core element and does not substantially alter the tensile strength of the filament, the shell being designed to receive active substances, wherein the core element consists of a composite material, the composite material being made up of a plurality of high tensile strength, elements which, for the purpose of achieving a high flexural rigidity of the filament, are sheathed by a support material of low tensile strength, and the shell is anchored unreleasably on the support material.
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Abstract
A body compatible device including an elongate filament substantially uniform in lateral cross-section over its length and having multiple fibers having high tensile strength embedded in a polymeric material. The polymeric material may be melted onto the fibers, and the filament may have an elongate polymeric case surrounding the filament. The body compatible device may be a stent of a tubular latticework.
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22 Claims
- 1. An endoprosthesis for use in vessels of the human or animal body, comprising each of said filaments including a tubular latticework made of flexurally rigid elastic filaments, each of said filaments including a core element of high tensile strength and a shell which surrounds the core element and does not substantially alter the tensile strength of the filament, the shell being designed to receive active substances, wherein the core element consists of a composite material, the composite material being made up of a plurality of high tensile strength, elements which, for the purpose of achieving a high flexural rigidity of the filament, are sheathed by a support material of low tensile strength, and the shell is anchored unreleasably on the support material.
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9. A body compatible stent comprising at least two interwoven sets of elongate, resilient elements substantially uniform in lateral cross-section over their lengths and forming a tubular latticework which is compressible upon radially internally directed forces to a reduced diameter and self-expandable upon release of the radially internally directed forces to an expanded diameter, wherein the elements comprise:
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(a) multiple fibers having high tensile strength; (b) a first thermoplastic material embedding the fibers to form a composite; and (c) a second thermoplastic material embedding the composite. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A body compatible stent comprising at least two interwoven sets of elongate, resilient elements substantially uniform in lateral cross-section over their lengths and forming a tubular latticework which is compressible upon radially internally directed forces to a reduced diameter and self-expandable upon release of the radially internally directed forces to an expanded diameter, wherein the elements comprise:
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(a) multiple polymeric fibers having high tensile strength; (b) a first thermoplastic material embedding the fibers to form a composite; and (c) a second thermoplastic material embedding the composite and forming a porous exposed outermost surface on the elements which includes a medically active material within its pores. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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