US Patent No: 5,895,406
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Axially flexible stent
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Apr 20, 1999
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Dec 20, 1996
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08/770,236
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Abstract
A stent with axial flexibility, in a preferred embodiment, has a longitudinal axis and comprises a plurality of longitudinally disposed bands, wherein each band defines a generally continuous wave along a line segment parallel to the longitudinal axis. A plurality of links maintains the bands in a tubular structure. In a further embodiment of the invention, each longitudinally disposed band of the stent is connected, at a plurality of periodic locations, by a short circumferential link to an adjacent band.
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| 5,405,377 Intraluminal stent | 463 | 1992 | |
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| 5,389,106 Impermeable expandable intravascular stent | 407 | 1993 | |
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| 5,192,307 Angioplasty stent | 284 | 1992 | |
| 5,266,073 Angioplasty stent | 209 | 1992 | |
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| 5,382,261 Method and apparatus for occluding vessels | 272 | 1992 | |
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