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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 1996
Filed:
May. 31, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ivan De Scheerder, St. Martens Latem, BE;
Joseph B Horn, Niwot, CO (US);
Assignee:
Global Therapeutics, Inc., Broomfield, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21D / ; C22K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
148563 ; 148597 ; 148598 ; 148601 ; 623901 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to an expandable stent for use in blood vessels. The length of the stent after expansion is substantially the same as the stent length before expansion. The stent is annealed at high temperatures to permit stent deformation at relatively low pressures to conform to the blood vessel shape and diameter.