STENT HAVING IMPROVED STENT DESIGN

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APP PUB NO 20100324659A1
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12777644

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A stent is provided having a base body circumscribing a cylindrical shape and radially expandable from a contracted starting position into a dilated support position, including a plurality of meander-shaped struts disposed in the circumferential direction and arrayed on one another in the axial direction, each strut being meander-shaped in its coarse structure and made of a flexible material, and at least one axial connector in the axial direction, connecting the meander-shaped struts of two axially adjacent meandering curves, wherein the at least one axial connector connects the inside radius of a zenith point of a first meandering curve with a second meandering curve, characterized in that the at least one axial connector at the inside radius of the zenith point of the first meandering curve has an at least double-arm structure.

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BIOTRONIK VI PATENT AG6341 BAAR

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bakczewitz, Frank Rostock, DE 9 296
Mews, Steffen Rostock, DE 8 188

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