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Stent

  • US 8,206,432 B2
  • Filed: 06/07/2010
  • Issued: 06/26/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/08/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A stent, the stent comprisinga plurality of struts arranged in strut pairs, each strut pair comprising two struts and a turn engaging the two struts, the plurality of strut pairs forming a serpentine path;

  • a plurality of connecting elements, each connecting element engaging two strut pairs to form a connected strut pair, each connected strut pair having two struts aligned on a first axis and two struts aligned on a second axis, the first and second axes intersecting one another, and the connecting element extends between the two struts aligned on the first axis;

    wherein some but not all of the plurality of strut pairs have a connecting element engaged thereto.

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