Stent with segments capable of uncoupling during expansion
US10842654B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 12, 2018 |
| Grant date | Nov 24, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 12, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2220/0033
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Examples of a stent are provided with interlocking joints removably coupling adjacent axial stent segments. Mating elements forming the interlocking joints maintain engagement when the stent is in the radially compressed configuration, for example, during tracking of the stent to a treatment site of a body vessel, and become disengaged during radial expansion of the stent. When disengaged, the disconnected the axial stent segments remain discrete stent structures separated from one another along the point of treatment.
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