×

Extendible stent apparatus

  • US 7,118,593 B2
  • Filed: 10/14/2003
  • Issued: 10/10/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/14/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A stent for placement in a bifurcated body lumen, the stent comprising:

  • a body defining a first substantially cylindrical volume when configured in a first collapsed position and a second substantially cylindrical volume when configured in a second expanded position, the second substantially cylindrical volume being greater than the first substantially cylindrical volume being greater than the first substantially cylindrical volume, the body including;

    a first open end;

    a second open end; and

    a deflectable element having a first position when the body is in the first collapsed position and a second position when the body is in the second expanded position such that when the deflectable element is in the first position the deflectable element defines a first collapsed side access opening and is disposed in the first substantially cylindrical volume, and when the deflectable element is in the second position the deflectable element defines a second expanded side opening different in shape than the collapsed side opening and the deflectable element extends outside of the second substantially cylindrical volume, the deflectable element comprising a plurality of deflectable members, the plurality of deflectable members spaced about the perimeter of the side opening.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×