Patent · US Expired

Stent for vessel branchings

US6579309B1 · kind B1 · utility

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8Claims

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Assignee

Biotronik Mess -und Therapiegeraede GmbH & Co. Ingenieurbuero Berlin · DE

Inventors

Hartmut Loos · Overijse, BE
Curt Kranz · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 7, 2000
Grant date	Jun 17, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 19, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2002/91566
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A stent, in particular a coronary stent, for implantation in the region of vessel branchings, comprising a tubular casing with a proximal and a distal end, wherein in the implanted condition the proximal end is arranged in proximal relationship with the vessel branching and the distal end is arranged in distal relationship with the vessel branching, and at least one branching portion, which is arranged at the periphery of the casing and which is provided to open a passage into the branching-off branch of the vessel and which in the implanted condition is arranged in the region of the vessel branching, wherein the branching portion includes at least one first support element, which is provided for supporting the vessel transition and which can be pivoted substantially radially out of the peripheral surface and which extends from a first direction into the branching portion, and wherein the branching portion includes at least one second support element, which is provided for supporting the vessel transition and which can be pivoted substantially radially out of the peripheral surface and which extends into the branching portion from a second direction which is substantially opposite …

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