Atraumatic stent with reduced deployment force, method for making the same and method and apparatus for deploying and positioning the stent
CA 2585284 C · Owner: Norton, Paul · Inventors: Hanley, Grainne; Norton, Paul; Zupkofska, Michael
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An implantable stent (10, 10') includes a plurality of elongate wires (18) braided to form a hollow tubular structure having a tubular wall (16) to define an interior surface (106) and an,exterior surface (104) and having opposed open first and second ends (12.14) wherein the opposed open first and , second ends (12 14) are atraumatic ends The atraumatic ends of the stent are desirably free of any loose wire ends. The wires (18) include composite wires to enhance visibility of the wires to provide improved external imaging of the wires in the body. The elongate composite wires of the stent may be metallic wires having an outer metallic portion including a first metal such as , …
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- Filed November 10, 2005 and granted July 23, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 10, 2025.
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