Twisted stent
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1. A stent, comprising:
- a stent body having a network of struts arranged along a longitudinal axis, a plurality of cells defined between all of the interconnected struts of the network of struts, each of the plurality of cells of the stent body defining convex cells including a cell major axis through spaced apart first and second strut intersection points, each cell major axis is parallel to all other cell major axes and each cell major axis lies in a mirror plane of the cell that symmetrically bisects the cell forming a non-zero cell angle, β
, with respect to the longitudinal axis in the same direction, each of the plurality of cells including at least one strut oriented parallel to the cell major axis.
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Abstract
A stent is disclosed and can include a stent body having a longitudinal axis. The stent body can also have a network of struts that can define a plurality of cells defined between interconnected struts. Each of the plurality of cells includes a major axis that is angled with respect to the longitudinal axis to form a cell angle, β.
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1. A stent, comprising:
a stent body having a network of struts arranged along a longitudinal axis, a plurality of cells defined between all of the interconnected struts of the network of struts, each of the plurality of cells of the stent body defining convex cells including a cell major axis through spaced apart first and second strut intersection points, each cell major axis is parallel to all other cell major axes and each cell major axis lies in a mirror plane of the cell that symmetrically bisects the cell forming a non-zero cell angle, β
, with respect to the longitudinal axis in the same direction, each of the plurality of cells including at least one strut oriented parallel to the cell major axis.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A self-expanding stent, comprising:
a self-expanding stent body structured to substantially uniformly collapse radially about a longitudinal axis from an expanded configuration to a delivery configuration upon rotation of a proximal end of the stent body with respect to a distal end of the stent body, wherein the stent body includes a plurality of cells defined between interconnected struts of a network of struts arranged along the longitudinal axis, each of the plurality of cells from the proximal end to the distal end of the stent body define convex cells including a major axis that is parallel to all other cell major axes and that lies in a mirror plane of the cell that symmetrically bisects the cell and angled with respect to the longitudinal axis in the same direction to form a non-zero cell angle, β
, each of the plurality of cells including at least one strut oriented parallel to the cell major axis.- View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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