Terumo Corporation

Microvention, Inc.

Priscilla Tsai

Cang C Lam

Arnold Cruz Tuason

Shirley Vong

Tai D Tieu

Ponaka Pung

Greg Bak-Boychuk

Heather Griffith

Ross Soltanian

Kaushik Joshi

Jacqueline Macias

Juan Valencia

In one embodiment according to the present invention, a stent is described having a generally cylindrical body formed from a single woven nitinol wire. The distal and proximal ends of the stent include a plurality of loops, some of which include marker members used for visualizing the position of the stent. In another embodiment, the previously described stent includes an inner flow diverting layer.

Stent and stent delivery device

An embolic protection device includes an expandable and contractible filter that can be supported by one or more struts. The struts can be connected to the filter or interwoven into the filter, so as to assist in the expansion and contraction of the filter. In one embodiment, the proximal ends of the struts connect to a joint that is fixed in position relative to a delivery wire, while the distal end of the filter connect to a joint that slides relative to the delivery wire.

Embolic protection device

A vascular prosthesis is described, having blunted wire ends. The blunted wire ends can take on a variety of configurations including end caps, bent ends, curved ends, or eyelets. The novel ends provide a smooth surface to contact the blood vessel walls thereby reducing the risk of trauma during placement of the prosthesis.

Vessel prosthesis

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Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, United States of America

Priscilla Tsai