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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:
Jan. 07, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph B Horn, Niwot, CO (US);
Ivan De Scheerder, St. Martens Latem, BE;
Assignee:
Global Therapeutics, Inc., Broomfield, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623-1 ; 623 11 ; 623 12 ; 606194 ; 606195 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a radial 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 the wire to form an original multi-loop design including a plurality of concentric bended loops in a continuous wire folded along a length thereof. This provides desired alignment of the stent in the blood vessel in order to enhance desired blood flow and thereby reduce thrombogenicity.