Longitudinally flexible expandable stent

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6981986
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09666866

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A stent in a non-expanded state includes a first expansion column and a second expansion column. The first expansion column comprises a plurality of expansion strut pairs. Each expansion strut pair includes a first expansion strut and a second expansion strut joined by a joining strut. The second expansion column comprises a plurality of expansion strut pairs. Each expansion strut pair includes a first expansion strut and a second expansion strut joined by a joining strut. The first and second expansion columns are connected via a first connecting strut column. The first connecting strut column comprises a plurality of first connecting struts. The first expansion strut of the first expansion strut pair in the first expansion column has a longitudinal axis offset from a longitudinal axis of the first expansion strut of the second expansion strut pair in the second expansion column.

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BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED INCONE SCIMED PLACE MAPLE GROVE MN 55311-1566

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Brown, Brian J Hanover, MN 204 5717
Davis, Michael L Shorewood, MN 44 2399

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