Articulated stent
CA 2026604 A1 · Owner: Medtronic, Inc. · Inventors: Wolff, Rodney G.
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In a first embodiment a number of stent segments are connected together by hinges welded in place to provide articulation between the stent segments. The hinges can be, among other shapes, either a straight wire or a coiled wire of biocompatable material. A second embodiment uses a stent of a previous invention made up of a number of wires welded together for the stent segments with connection between adjacent stents provided by having one of the wires of adjacent stents continue between these adjacent stents to provide a hinge action. In this embodiment the wire portion extending between the segments is ground to a smaller diameter than the wire of the stent segment itself, to provide the …
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- Filed October 1, 1990. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 1, 2010.
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