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Stent

  • US 6,261,319 B1
  • Filed: 07/08/1998
  • Issued: 07/17/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/08/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An expandable stent comprising:

  • a plurality of interconnected, spaced first bands, each first band having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end comprising a series of alternating peaks and troughs the distal end comprising a series of alternating peaks and troughs each first band having a plurality of openings between the proximal end and the distal end, and a plurality of connecting elements extending between adjacent first bands, each connecting element having a proximal end extending from a point on a first band between a peak and a trough and a distal end extending from a point between a peak and a trough on an adjacent first band, each connecting element having a bend therein and being U-shaped.

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