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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Linh Dinh, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Beren Correa, San Jose, CA (US);
Paul Cherkas, San Jose, CA (US);
Angelica Alvarado, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Irina D. Pomerantseva, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sudha Thakur, Cupertino, CA (US);
Robert Eury, Cupertino, CA (US);
Michael Froix, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Quanam Medical Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 ;
Abstract
A radially-expandable stent for insertion into a lumen is described. The stent is composed of a radially-expandable support stent and a polymer tubular member co-axially disposed over the support stent. Tubular end sleeves are disposed around the first and second ends of the polymer-surrounded support stent to secure the tubular member and to provide other improvements.