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Variable zone high metal to vessel ratio stent and method

US9393136B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Medtronic Vascular, Inc. · US

Inventors

Keith Perkins · Santa Rosa, US
Samuel Robaina · Maple Grove, US
Jeffery Argentine · Petaluma, US
Walter Bruszewski · Windsor, US
Andrew Kiehl · Oak View, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 27, 2012
Grant date	Jul 19, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 22, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2250/0029
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A variable zone high metal to vessel ratio stent includes a proximal high metal to vessel ratio zone, a central low metal to vessel ratio zone, and a distal high metal to vessel ratio zone. The proximal high metal to vessel ratio zone is deployed with fixation and sealing to healthy tissue of a main vessel superior to branch vessels and an aneurysm. The central low metal to vessel ratio zone is deployed directly on ostai of the branch vessels. However, as the central low metal to vessel ratio zone is highly permeable, blood flows from the main vessel through the central low metal to vessel ratio zone and into branch vessels.

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