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Tubular stent with oval struts

  • US 7,153,322 B2
  • Filed: 12/12/2000
  • Issued: 12/26/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/14/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A stent having a longitudinal axis and a first end and a second end and a flow path therethrough, the stent comprising an open-ended elongate tube having a generally circumferential wall, there being a multiplicity of interconnected curvilinear struts formed in the wall of said tube, the struts disposed about a multiplicity of through-holes in said wall such that the through holes are surrounded by struts, each of said struts having, in a cross-section perpendicular to the flowpath, thicker portions with a narrower portion therebetween and a greater width than thickness.

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