Stent
First Claim
1. A stent comprising:
- at least one thin-walled, tubular body having a surface, the surface being divided into a plurality of strap-like, expandable elements each expandable element having at least one external contour and at least one end face wherein the expandable elements extend in a longitudinal direction of the stent and are expandable in a circumferential direction thereof;
at least one joining strap linking at least two of the expandable elements juxtaposed in the circumferential direction of the stent;
at least one end attachment linking at least one additional expandable element to an end face of an expandable element, the latter expandable element and the additional expandable element being positioned in the longitudinal direction of the stent,;
wherein the surface in the non-expanded condition is substantially free of apertures and is divided by partition lines having considerably smaller widths compared with the strap widths of the expandable elements.
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Abstract
A stent, particularly a coronary stent, which includes at least one thin-walled, tubular body (2), the surface (1) of which is divided into strap-like, expandable elements (4,4′,4″,4′″,4″″) extending in the longitudinal direction of the stent and expandable in the circumferential direction thereof and, which elements are linked by at least one joining strap (6,6′). Two expandable elements (4,4′,4″,4′″,4″″) are juxtaposed in the circumferential direction of the stent and, by means of an end attachment (8), with the end face (4.4′) of an expandable element (4,4′,4″,4′″,4″″) adjoining in the longitudinal direction of the stent. The surface (1) in the non-expanded condition is substantially free of apertures and is divided by partition lines (3), which have a considerably smaller width compared with the strap width of the expandable elements (4,4′,4″,4′″,4″″).
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33 Claims
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1. A stent comprising:
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at least one thin-walled, tubular body having a surface, the surface being divided into a plurality of strap-like, expandable elements each expandable element having at least one external contour and at least one end face wherein the expandable elements extend in a longitudinal direction of the stent and are expandable in a circumferential direction thereof;
at least one joining strap linking at least two of the expandable elements juxtaposed in the circumferential direction of the stent;
at least one end attachment linking at least one additional expandable element to an end face of an expandable element, the latter expandable element and the additional expandable element being positioned in the longitudinal direction of the stent,;
wherein the surface in the non-expanded condition is substantially free of apertures and is divided by partition lines having considerably smaller widths compared with the strap widths of the expandable elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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