Customized aortic stent device and method of making the same

US9642727B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MATERIALISE N.V. · BE

Inventors

• Peter Verschueren · Leuven, BE
• Koen ENGELBORGHS · Vaalbeek, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 3, 2015
• Grant date: May 9, 2017
• Expiry date: May 15, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B33Y30/00
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The application provides customized aortic stent and stent graft devices and methods for the manufacture thereof. The customized aortic stent or stent graft are patient-specific in that they conform to at least part of the ascending aorta, aortic arch and/or thoracic aorta.