Intravascular radially expandable stent
US5217483A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 15, 1992 |
| Grant date | Jun 8, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2/88
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An improved radially expandable stent formed from a fine wire bent into a serpentine flat ribbon which is wound around a mandrel into a cylindrical sleeve for mounting on a balloon catheter for transluminal insertion in a vessel such as a blood vessel is provided. A very small diameter fine platinum wire is used to form the basic cylindrical sleeve and it is welded to a pigtail of the wire forming the sleeve to provide longitudinal stability.
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