Tubular medical prosthesis for use in a body lumen
US5800519A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 4, 1996 |
| Grant date | Sep 1, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 4, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2250/0067
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An implantable self-expanding medical prosthesis. The prosthesis has a tube-form body with a body wall structure having a geometric pattern of cells defined by a series of elongate strands extending to regions of intersection and interlocking joints at said regions of intersection formed by a portion of at least one of said strands being helically wrapped about a portion of another.
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