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Flexible stent

  • US 6,287,333 B1
  • Filed: 03/15/1999
  • Issued: 09/11/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A radially expandable stent for implantation within a body lumen, comprising:

  • a set of longitudinally adjacent cylindrical wraps formed from a single wire and wound in a single circumferential direction, each of said wraps being composed of a plurality of loops, over a predetermined zone having multiple wraps, at least one of said loops of each of said wraps in said zone is passed through an adjacent loop of an adjacent one of said wraps thereby linking said at least one of said loops to said adjacent loop to provide a set of linked loops that limit the longitudinal separation of said adjacent wraps relative to one another.

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