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Stents with attached looped ends

  • US 20050049682A1
  • Filed: 05/24/2004
  • Published: 03/03/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An implantable prosthesis, including:

  • a plurality of elongate strands cooperating to form an open-frame tubular structure radially expandable and contractible between an enlarged-radius state and a reduced-radius state, wherein different ones of the elongate strands are integrally coupled to one another along respective end regions thereof to form a plurality of strand couplings along a selected end of the tubular structure; and

    a closure member connected to a pair of associated strand couplings and extending between the associated strand couplings to form a loop segment directed axially outwardly from the associated strand couplings.

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