US Patent No: 8,007,605

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Method of forming a non-circular stent

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Abstract

A method for manufacturing a stent, includes the steps of winding stent wire around the outer surface of a longitudinal axis of a mandrel into a desired final shape that is polygonal in an elevation orthogonal to the longitudinal axis, and forming a stent by setting the wound stent wire in the desired polygonal final shape. The outside diameter of the stent formed will be in co-columnar apposition with a blood vessel in which it is implanted. The mandrel employed in the methods can have a multiple-sided outer surface and a longitudinal axis.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
BOLTON MEDICAL, INC.SUNRISE, FL23

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Arbefeuille, Samuel Hollywood, FL 33 174
Berra, Humberto Cooper City, FL 25 112

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