CA2643709A1 - Flexible stent - Google Patents

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CA2643709A1
CA2643709A1 CA002643709A CA2643709A CA2643709A1 CA 2643709 A1 CA2643709 A1 CA 2643709A1 CA 002643709 A CA002643709 A CA 002643709A CA 2643709 A CA2643709 A CA 2643709A CA 2643709 A1 CA2643709 A1 CA 2643709A1
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Abstract

A stent comprised of structural elements forming struts in which at least some of the elements have certain predetermined cross-sectional configurations, the cross-sectional shapes of the elements varying at different locations of the stent such that there are overlapping regions of struts to allow the struts to nest. <IMAGE>

Claims (9)

1. A stent comprising a plurality of interconnected struts extending in a band about the circumference of the stent, the struts having outer wall surfaces which face outward, inner wall surfaces which face inward and side wall surfaces extending between the outer wall surfaces and the inner wall surfaces, the inner wall surfaces defining a lumen having a longitudinal axis, the struts having a thickness defined by the distance between the outer wall surfaces and the inner wall surfaces, the outer wall surface of at least one of the struts overlaps the inner wall surface of a circumferentially adjacent strut in a radial direction with respect to the longitudinal axis, the outer wall surfaces of circumferentially adjacent struts being non-overlapping in a radial direction with respect to the longitudinal axis.
2. The stent of claim 1 wherein the struts have substantially trapezoidal cross-sections.
3. The stent of claim 2 wherein some of the struts have wider outer surfaces and narrower inner surfaces and others of the struts have wider inner surfaces and narrower outer surfaces.
4. The stent of claim 1 wherein the struts have substantially parallelogram shaped cross-sections.
5. The stem of claim 1 formed from a tube.
6. The stent of claim 1 formed from a sheet.
7. The stent of claim 1 comprising a plurality of bands, each band comprising a plurality of interconnected struts extending about the circumference of the stent, struts which are circumferentially adjacent one another having complementary cross-sections, thus struts having side wall surfaces extending in a non-radial direction.
8. The stent of claim 7 wherein adjacent bands are loosely interfitted in mated relationship with one another.
9. The stent of claim 6 in which the cross-section of the struts is varied in a predetermined manner to provide selected properties to various portions of the stent.
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