Secured strand end devices
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1. A self-expanding stent comprising:
- a multiple number of strands each including a strand portion on both sides of a first strand bend, each of the strand portions having an end, the strand portions being woven, some of the strand portions including a second strand bend, pairs of said strand portion ends including two strand portion ends of two different strands or the same strand; and
a multiple number of joint assemblies, the number of joint assemblies equal to the number of strands, each said joint assembly comprising one of said pairs of said strand portion ends, the joint assemblies being spaced apart from each other around a circumference of the stent,wherein at least one of said strand portions crosses over each joint assembly at a position radially outward from the joint assembly.
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Abstract
A woven, self-expanding stent device has one or more strands and is configured for insertion into an anatomical structure. The device includes a coupling structure secured to two different strand end portions that are substantially aligned with each other. The two different strand end portions include nickel and titanium. The coupling structure is not a strand of the device.
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1. A self-expanding stent comprising:
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a multiple number of strands each including a strand portion on both sides of a first strand bend, each of the strand portions having an end, the strand portions being woven, some of the strand portions including a second strand bend, pairs of said strand portion ends including two strand portion ends of two different strands or the same strand; and a multiple number of joint assemblies, the number of joint assemblies equal to the number of strands, each said joint assembly comprising one of said pairs of said strand portion ends, the joint assemblies being spaced apart from each other around a circumference of the stent, wherein at least one of said strand portions crosses over each joint assembly at a position radially outward from the joint assembly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A self-expanding stent comprising:
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a multiple number of strands each including a strand portion on both sides of a first strand bend, each of the strand portions having a strand portion end, the strand portions being woven, some of the strand portions including a second strand bend, pairs of said strand portion ends aligned end-to-end, each of the pairs of said strand portion ends including two strand portion ends of two different strands or the same strand; and a multiple number of joint assemblies, the number of joint assemblies equal to the number of strands, each of the joint assemblies comprising one of the pairs of strand portion ends, the joint assemblies being spaced apart from each other around a circumference of the stent, wherein the joint assemblies are spaced apart from an end of the stent by at least two strand crossings. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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