Annular mesh
US9770348B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 8, 2016 |
| Grant date | Sep 26, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 8, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2002/91583
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An annular mesh expandable radially from a compact diameter to a radially-expanded deployed disposition in which the mesh is capable of sustaining a radially outwardly directed resistive force even when flexing its longitudinal axis out of a straight line, the mesh being composed of stenting struts, the stenting struts being arranged in a plurality of zig-zag strings around the circumference of the lumen, with occasional connector struts joining adjacent strings to create a closed circumference unit cell between two such connector struts and two adjacent connected strings there being a plurality of such unit cells arranged in sequence around the circumference between said two adjacent strings; and characterized in that there is a non-constant increment of strut length, serving to displace along the longitudinal axis each unit cell relative to the circumferentially next adjacent unit cell.
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