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Axially flexible stent

  • US 5,938,682 A
  • Filed: 09/22/1997
  • Issued: 08/17/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/26/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A stent having first and second ends with an intermediate section therebetween, the stent further having a longitudinal axis and providing axial flexibility, comprising:

  • a plurality of longitudinally disposed bands, wherein each band defines a generally continuous wave having a spatial frequency along a line segment parallel to the longitudinal axis;

    a plurality of links for maintaining the bands in a tubular structure, wherein the links are so disposed that any single circumferential path formed by the links is discontinuous; and

    wherein the stent comprises a plurality of stent segments, each of the stent segments containing at least one generally continuous curvilinear strut, said stent segments connected by at least one flexible connector displaced between a pair of adjacent stent segments.

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