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Variable flexibility stent

  • US 6,287,336 B1
  • Filed: 05/13/1999
  • Issued: 09/11/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/16/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A stent comprising a plurality of expandable annular members;

  • and a plurality of cross members having ends, the ends of each cross member being attached to an annular member at a point in common with a longitudinally adjacent cross member;

    the cross members differing in their relative rigidity and positioned so as to vary the bending flexibility of the stent along its length.

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