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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2019
Applicant:
Freistaat Bayern Vertreten Durch Hochschule Hof, Institut Für Material Wissenschaften, Hof/Saale, DE;
Inventors:
Frank Ficker, Tiefenbrunn, DE;
Marielies Becker, Berlin, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/856 (2013.01); A61F 2/86 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/856 (2013.01); A61F 2/86 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01);
Abstract
A branched stent includes a main branch having a tubular main lumen and a side branch that branches off from the main branch. The main branch and the side branch are made from a strand-shaped starting material. The side branch is configurable between a first state in which the side branch lies within the main lumen and a second state in which the side lies outside the main lumen. In the second state, the side branch defines a tubular side branch fluidically connected to the main lumen. The side branch is formed at least in part of a shape-memory material.