Patent · US Active

Stent

US8834559B2 · kind B2 · utility

4Cited by

15References

16Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Admedes Schuessler GmbH · DE

Inventors

Werner Mailänder · Birkenfeld, DE
Erik Flaxmeier · Waldbronn, DE
Ralph Steiner · Neuhausen, CH
Frank Scherrible · Kämpfelbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 28, 2006
Grant date	Sep 16, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 18, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2002/91558
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to an aneurysm stent for implantation into a living body, in particular for treatment of aneurysms, in order to implant the stent in the compressed state in a vessel and expand the stent after positioning it in the vessel, having a grid or mesh structure and at least one membrane (2) or a plurality of membranes (2) for covering at least one or more stent cells (1; 3) in the grid or mesh structure, thereby matching the permeation characteristics of the stent structure to the particular characteristics of the aneurysm.

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