Stent

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5554181
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08237626

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A stent comprising a self-expandable cylindrical body constructed out a single integral piece of material, including a plurality of wavy closed windings and strips interconnecting the windings such that the stent is prevented from stretching longitudinally is provided. The stent is self-expandable from a first radially-constrained, unexpanded diameter to a second, radially-unconstrained, expanded diameter. The stent can be implanted within a body cavity of an animal to maintain patency thereof.

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REAGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTAMORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH STREET S E MINNEAPOLIS MN 55455 MN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Das, Gladwin S St. Paul, MN 19 2982

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