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Flexible-expandable stent

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  • US 5,843,120 A
  • Filed: 06/24/1997
  • Issued: 12/01/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A stent formed of a tube having a patterned shape, the patterned shape comprising:

  • a. even first meander patterns having axes extending in a first direction;

    b. odd first meander patterns also having axes extending in said first direction, wherein, after expansion of said stent, said odd first meander patterns are out of phase with said even first meander patterns, and wherein said odd first meander patterns occur between every two even first meander patterns;

    c. second meander patterns having axes extending in a second direction, different than said first direction, wherein said second meander patterns intersect with said even and odd first meander patterns to form a distributed structure;

    d. wherein said first meander patterns have loops;

    e. wherein said first meander patterns are spaced apart to leave a portion of said second meander patterns between each pair of adjacent first meander patterns; and

    f. wherein each of said second meander patterns has at least one loop between at leave one pair of adjacent first meander patterns.

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