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Secured strand end devices

  • US 9,895,242 B2
  • Filed: 10/22/2007
  • Issued: 02/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A woven, self-expanding stent device configured for insertion into an anatomical structure, the device comprising:

  • a plurality of strands woven together to form a stent body, each of said plurality of strands having two strand end portions;

    a coupling structure coupled to a pair of strand end portions that are aligned end-to-end, the pair of strand end portions comprising strand end portions from a same strand or two different strands;

    wherein the pair of strand end portions includes nickel and titanium, and the coupling structure is not a strand of the device, andwherein the coupling structure is secured to a first strand end portion of the pair of strand end portions by a first weld that forms a first welded region, the coupling structure is secured to a second strand end portion of the pair of strand end portions by a second weld that forms a second welded region, and the first and second welded regions are not directly connected to each other along a longitudinal axis of the coupling structure by another welded region.

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