Longitudinally flexible expandable stent
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1. A stent comprising:
- a stent body expandable between an un-deployed orientation and a deployed orientation, the stent body having a longitudinal axis extending between first and second open ends;
the stent body having a plurality of adjacent closed circumferential support structures, the closed circumferential support structures being spaced-apart along the longitudinal axis;
each support structure including longitudinal struts interconnected at apex portions, the longitudinal struts and apex portions defining an undulating pattern, at least some of the apex portions of adjacent closed circumferential support structures being configured to longitudinally overlap one another when in the un-deployed configuration;
a plurality of connecting struts interconnecting at least some of the adjacent closed circumferential support structures, the connecting struts extending between and connected to the apex portions that overlap one another.
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Abstract
Segmented articulatable stent of open structure comprised of end-connected struts of first and second lengths making up first and second segments with angular interconnects between adjacent first and second segments.
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1. A stent comprising:
- a stent body expandable between an un-deployed orientation and a deployed orientation, the stent body having a longitudinal axis extending between first and second open ends;
the stent body having a plurality of adjacent closed circumferential support structures, the closed circumferential support structures being spaced-apart along the longitudinal axis;
each support structure including longitudinal struts interconnected at apex portions, the longitudinal struts and apex portions defining an undulating pattern, at least some of the apex portions of adjacent closed circumferential support structures being configured to longitudinally overlap one another when in the un-deployed configuration;
a plurality of connecting struts interconnecting at least some of the adjacent closed circumferential support structures, the connecting struts extending between and connected to the apex portions that overlap one another. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
- a stent body expandable between an un-deployed orientation and a deployed orientation, the stent body having a longitudinal axis extending between first and second open ends;
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5. A stent comprising:
- a stent body expandable between an un-deployed orientation and a deployed orientation, the stent body having a circumference and a longitudinal axis extending between first and second open ends;
the stent body having a plurality of circumferential support structures, which extend generally about the circumference of the stent, the circumferential support structures being spaced-apart along the longitudinal axis;
each of the circumferential support structures including longitudinal struts interconnected at apex portions, the longitudinal struts and apex portions defining an undulating pattern, at least some of the apex portions of adjacent circumferential support structures being configured to longitudinally extend past each other when in the un-deployed configuration thus providing longitudinal overlap;
a plurality of circumferential connecting struts interconnecting at least some of the adjacent circumferential support structures, the circumferential connecting struts extending between and connected to the apex portions that extend past each other. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
- a stent body expandable between an un-deployed orientation and a deployed orientation, the stent body having a circumference and a longitudinal axis extending between first and second open ends;
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