Tubular stent consists of non-parallel expansion struts and contralaterally attached diagonal connectors
First Claim
1. An intra-luminal vascular stent in a non-expanded state with a longitudinal axis, comprising:
- a plurality of expansion strut pairs forming a first expansion column, each of an expansion strut pair including a stair-step expansion strut, a straight-line expansion strut and a joining strut coupling an end of the strut pair forming a cell slot, each of the expansion strut pair having three longitudinal axes that are aligned in a non-parallel relationship to the stent longitudinal axis;
a plurality of expansion strut pairs forming a second expansion column, each of an expansion strut pair including a straight-line expansion strut, a stair-step expansion strut and a joining strut coupling an end of the strut pair forming a cell slot, each of the expansion strut pair having three longitudinal axes that are aligned in a non-parallel relationship to the stent longitudinal axis; and
a plurality of serial connecting struts forming a first serial connecting strut column and including a first serial connecting strut, the first serial connecting strut column coupling the first expansion column to the second expansion column.
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Abstract
An intra-luminal vascular stent in a non-expanded state with a longitudinal axis, comprises a plurality of expansion strut pairs forming a first expansion column. Each expansion strut pair includes a stair-step expansion strut, a straight-line expansion strut and a joining strut coupling an end of the strut pair, which forms cell slot. Each of the expansion strut pair has three longitudinal axes that are aligned in a non-parallel relationship to the stent longitudinal axis. A plurality of expansion strut pairs forms a second expansion column. Each expansion strut pair includes a straight-line expansion strut, a stair-step expansion strut and a joining strut coupling an end of the strut pair, which forms a cell slot. Each of the expansion strut pair has three longitudinal axes that are aligned in a non-parallel relationship to the stent longitudinal axis. A plurality of serial connecting struts forms a first serial connecting strut column and includes a first serial connecting strut. The first serial connecting strut column couples the first expansion column to the second expansion column.
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61 Claims
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1. An intra-luminal vascular stent in a non-expanded state with a longitudinal axis, comprising:
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a plurality of expansion strut pairs forming a first expansion column, each of an expansion strut pair including a stair-step expansion strut, a straight-line expansion strut and a joining strut coupling an end of the strut pair forming a cell slot, each of the expansion strut pair having three longitudinal axes that are aligned in a non-parallel relationship to the stent longitudinal axis;
a plurality of expansion strut pairs forming a second expansion column, each of an expansion strut pair including a straight-line expansion strut, a stair-step expansion strut and a joining strut coupling an end of the strut pair forming a cell slot, each of the expansion strut pair having three longitudinal axes that are aligned in a non-parallel relationship to the stent longitudinal axis; and
a plurality of serial connecting struts forming a first serial connecting strut column and including a first serial connecting strut, the first serial connecting strut column coupling the first expansion column to the second expansion column. - 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)
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27. An intra-luminal vascular stent in a non-expanded state with a longitudinal axis, comprising:
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a plurality of expansion strut pairs forming a first expansion column, each of an expansion strut pair including a stair-step expansion strut, a straight-line expansion strut and joining strut coupling an end of the strut pair forming a cell slot, each of the expansion strut pair having three longitudinal axes that are aligned in a non-parallel relationship to the stent longitudinal axis;
a plurality of expansion strut pairs forming a second expansion column, each of an expansion strut pair including a straight-line expansion strut, a stair-step expansion strut and a joining strut coupling an end of the strut pair forming a cell slot, each of the expansion strut pair having three longitudinal axes that are aligned in a non-parallel relationship to the stent longitudinal axis;
a first serial connecting strut column formed of a plurality of serial connecting struts and including a first serial connecting strut, the first serial connecting strut column coupling the first expansion column to the second expansion column;
a plurality of expansion strut pairs forming a third expansion column, each of an expansion strut pair including a stair-step expansion strut, a straight-line expansion strut and joining strut coupling an end of the strut pair forming a cell slot, each of the expansion strut pair having three longitudinal axes that are aligned in a non-parallel relationship to the stent longitudinal axis; and
a plurality of serial connecting struts forming a second serial connecting strut column and including a second serial connecting strut, the second serial connecting strut column coupling the second expansion column to the third expansion column. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. An intra-luminal vascular stent in a non-expanded state with a longitudinal axis, comprising:
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a plurality of expansion strut pairs forming a first expansion column, each of an expansion strut pair including a first expansion strut, a second expansion strut and a joining strut coupling an end of the strut pair forming a cell slot;
a plurality of expansion strut pairs forming a second expansion column, each of an expansion strut pair including a first expansion strut, a second expansion strut and a joining strut coupling an end of the strut pair forming a cell; and
a plurality of serial connecting struts forming a first serial connecting strut column and including a first serial connecting strut, each of a first serial connecting strut having a proximal portion including a proximal stem and a proximal linear section, a distal portion with a distal stem and a distal linear section and a coupling intermediate portion, the first serial connecting strut column coupling the first expansion column to the second expansion column, the linear section of the first connecting strut proximal portion having a longitudinal axis that is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the stent. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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