Axially flexible stent

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A - Human Necessities

61

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A61F 2/06 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2247482

A stent with axial flexibility, in a preferred embodiment, has a longitudinal axis and comprises a plurality of longitudinally disposed bands, wherein each band defines a generally continuous wave along a line segment parallel to the longitudinal axis. A plurality of links maintains the bands in a tubular structure. In a further embodiment of the invention, each longitudinally disposed band of the stent is connected, at a plurality of periodic locations, by a short circumferential link to an adjac6ent band.

La présente invention fait état d'un extenseur flexible dans une direction axiale. Dans une version privilégiée, l'extenseur comprend un axe longitudinal et une série de bandes longitudinales formant chacune une vague généralement continue le long d'une ligne parallèle à l'axe longitudinal. Une série de liens maintient les bandes en une structure tubulaire. Dans une autre version, chaque bande longitudinale est reliée à une bande voisine en divers endroits périodiques au moyen d'un lien périphérique court.

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