Bifurcated stent
First Claim
1. A bifurcated stent comprising:
- a body portion, a first branch portion, a second branch portion, a first pivot portion and a second pivot portion;
the body portion, the first branch portion, the second branch portion, the first pivot portion and the second pivot portion constructed from a common continuous sheet of stent material, each of the body portion, first branch portion and second branch portion having a first side and a second side opposite the first side and fixedly engaged to the first side to provide each of the body portion, first branch portion and second branch portion with a substantially tubular shape and defining a lumen respectively therethrough, the lumen defined by the body portion being in fluid communication with the lumen defined by the first branch portion and the second branch portion, the first branch portion being pivotally engaged to an end of the body portion by the first pivot portion, the second branch portion being pivotally engaged to an end of the body portion by the second pivot portion;
at least one of the first branch portion and the second branch portion comprising at least one aneurysm flap, the at least one aneurysm flap constructed and arranged to be positioned immediately adjacent to a carina of a vessel bifurcation.
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Abstract
A bifurcated stent comprises a body portion, a first branch portion, a second branch portion, a first pivot portion and a second pivot portion constructed from a common continuous sheet of stent material. The body portion, first branch portion and second branch portion provided with a substantially tubular shape, the tubular shape of each defines a lumen respectively therethrough. The lumen defined by the body portion is in fluid communication with the lumen defined by the first branch portion and the second branch portion. The first branch portion is pivotally engaged to an end of the body portion by the first pivot portion. The second branch portion is pivotally engaged to an end of the body portion by the second pivot portion.
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25 Claims
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1. A bifurcated stent comprising:
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a body portion, a first branch portion, a second branch portion, a first pivot portion and a second pivot portion; the body portion, the first branch portion, the second branch portion, the first pivot portion and the second pivot portion constructed from a common continuous sheet of stent material, each of the body portion, first branch portion and second branch portion having a first side and a second side opposite the first side and fixedly engaged to the first side to provide each of the body portion, first branch portion and second branch portion with a substantially tubular shape and defining a lumen respectively therethrough, the lumen defined by the body portion being in fluid communication with the lumen defined by the first branch portion and the second branch portion, the first branch portion being pivotally engaged to an end of the body portion by the first pivot portion, the second branch portion being pivotally engaged to an end of the body portion by the second pivot portion; at least one of the first branch portion and the second branch portion comprising at least one aneurysm flap, the at least one aneurysm flap constructed and arranged to be positioned immediately adjacent to a carina of a vessel bifurcation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of manufacturing a bifurcated stent comprising the steps of:
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providing a single sheet of stent material with a body section, the body section having a primary body end and a secondary body end;
a first branch section, the first branch section having a primary first branch end and a secondary first branch end;
a second branch section, the second branch section having a primary second branch end and a secondary second branch end;
a first connector section; and
a second connector section wherein the first connector section extends between a first end of the body section to an adjacent end of the first branch section, and the second connector section extends between the first end of the body section to an adjacent end of the second branch section;
at least one of the adjacent end of the first branch section and the adjacent end of the second branch section comprising at least one aneurysm flap, the at least one aneurysm flap constructed and arranged to be positioned immediately adjacent to a carina of a vessel bifurcation;providing the single sheet of stent material with a predetermined pattern of interconnected struts and openings defined therebetween, each of the first connector section and the second connector section comprising at least one interconnected strut; engaging the primary body end and the secondary body end one to the other to provide a body portion of the stent; engaging the primary first branch end and the secondary first branch end one to the other to provide a first branch portion of the stent; and engaging the primary second branch end and the secondary second branch end one to the other to provide a second branch portion of the stent.
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