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Intravascular stent

US6113621A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 22, 1992
Grant dateSep 5, 2000
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Expiry dateApr 22, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61F2310/00155
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A stent for implantation in a body vessel in which a cylindrical stent body coiled from a generally continuous wire with a zig-zag structure is provide with attachment of the wire ends to an adjacent coil.

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