Cordis Corporation

William D Shaw, Jr

Gerard H Llanos

Mark B Roller

Dennis B Vaughan

Marco Aurelio Nino

Bennie W Gladdish, Jr

Durk C Sijbolts

James H Silver

Luis A Davila

David J Wilson

Alan Roy Pelton

Jorge Orlando Mendez

Karl K Scheidt

Christine Trepanier

David C Lentz

Jorge O Mendez

Alan R Pelton

A stent or other intraluminal medical device having markers formed from housings integral with the stent and marker inserts having a higher radiopacity than the stent provides for more precise placement and post-procedural visualization in a vessel, by increasing the radiopacity of the stent under X-ray fluoroscopy. The housings are formed integral to the stent and the marker inserts are made from a material close in the galvanic series to the stent material and sized to substantially minimize the effect of galvanic corrosion. The housings are also shaped to minimize their impact on the overall profile of the stent.

Low profile improved radiopacity intraluminal medical device

A stent or other intraluminal medical device having markers formed from housings integral with the stent and marker inserts having a higher radiopacity than the stent provides for more precise placement and post-procedural visualization in a vessel, by increasing the radiopacity of the stent under X-ray fluoroscopy. The housings are formed integral to the stent and the marker inserts are made from a material close in the galvanic series to the stent material and sized to substantially minimize the effect of galvanic corrosion.

Radiopacity intraluminal medical device

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Miami, FL, United States of America

William D Shaw, Jr