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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wolfram Schnepp-Pesch, Karlsruhe, DE;
Josef Lindenberg, Karlsruhe, DE;
Assignee:
Angiomed GmbH & Co.Medizintechnik KG, Karlsruhe, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606194 ; 606191 ; 623-1 ; 623 12 ;
Abstract
A stent, which has an easier and better bendability and higher flexibility than known stents, has several meander paths (2,2a,2b,2c) successively arranged in the axial direction (A) and extending over its circumference (U), and between axially facing areas (3,3a,3'a,3b), interconnected by connecting areas (4,4a,4b,4c), of the meander paths (2,2a,2b,2c) in the circumferential direction (U) there are at least two facing, non-interconnected areas (3,3a,3'a,3b) of each meander path (2,2a,2b,2c)