APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR INTERLOCKING STENT SEGMENTS
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Sep 20, 2007
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Mar 19, 2007
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Oct 6, 2003
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Apparatus and methods for interlocking stent segments which provide for a secure engagement between the expanded stent segments are described herein. Stent segments which are able to slide freely relative to one another along the deployment catheter prior to expansion may be secured to one another when expanded and/or deployed into the vessel. Securement upon expansion of the stent segments may be accomplished, in part, by utilizing one or more coupling mechanisms between adjacent stent segments which securely interlock the segments to one another by taking advantage of the changing geometry of the stents during expansion.
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