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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2017
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventors:
James A. Davidson, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
Masoud Molaei, Westminster, CO (US);
Assignee:
COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/966 (2013.01); A61F 2/962 (2013.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/966 (2013.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/962 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9505 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0091 (2013.01);
Abstract
Stents can become twisted during deployment within tortuous vessels such that proper expansion against the vessel wall is inhibited. Stents can be twisted prior to deployment in a direction opposite the direction of twisting during deployment to facilitate full expansion of the stent against the vessel wall along the stent's entire length.