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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2014
Nipro Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Yoshihiko Sano, Osaka, JP;
Yasushi Ooyama, Osaka, JP;
Katsuhiro Hiejima, Osaka, JP;
Kouji Akimoto, Osaka, JP;
NIPRO Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A stent () configured to be placed in a body lumen and having a tubular shape formed by a structure that is expandable and contractible skeleton () in a radial direction, the skeleton () having a heteromorphic structure due to changes of a cross section shape thereof in a thickness direction. A stent () that is expandable and contractible in the radial direction while being configured to be placed in a body lumen, the stent () having a heteromorphic tubular shape, a cross section shape of which changes in a lengthwise direction, and having a metal skeleton () formed by at least one of electroforming and etching.