A - Human Necessities – 61 – F
Patent
A - Human Necessities
61
F
A61F 2/90 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2666857
A helical stent (21) includes at least one helical winding (27). Each helical winding includes a plurality of alternating long struts (29) and short struts (31), ends of at least some of the long struts being joined to an end of an adjacent short strut by a flexible hinge arrangement (37), the struts being substantially rigid. The stent also includes at least one interconnection member (39) connecting a hinge arrangement on one turn of the at least one winding with a hinge arrangement on an adjacent turn of the at least one winding. Fewer than all hinge arangements on the at least one helical winding are connected to other hinge arrangemetns by an interconnection member.
La présente invention se rapporte à un stent hélicoïdal comprenant au moins un enroulement hélicoïdal. L'enroulement hélicoïdal comprend en alternance une pluralité de longs et de courts supports, les extrémités de certains desdits longs supports étant unies à une extrémité d'un court support adjacent par un agencement de charnière flexible et les supports étant sensiblement rigides. Le stent comprend également au moins un organe d'interconnexion reliant un agencement de charnière sur un tour du ou des enroulements avec un agencement de charnière sur un tour adjacent du ou des enroulements. Moins que la totalité des arrangements de charnière sur le ou les enroulements sont raccordés à d'autres arrangements de charnière par un organe d'interconnexion.
Muralidharan Prasanna Venkatesh
Shanley John F.
Innovational Holdings Llc
Norton Rose Or S.e.n.c.r.l. S.r.l./llp
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