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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1998
Noureddine Frid, Beersel, BE;
Corvita Corporation, Natick, MA (US);
Abstract
A self-expanding stent for a medical device to be introduced into a cavity of a human body, is disclosed and includes a radially expandable and axially retractable tubular body (,), characterized in that the tubular body comprises first flexible rigid filaments (,) which are arranged side by side in a number at least equal to two, wound along a first helicoid direction around a longitudinal axis (,) of the tubular body, and second flexible rigid filaments (,) which are arranged side by side in a number at least equal to two, wound along a second helicoid direction opposite to the first, each multiple filament wound in one of the said directions crossing multiple filaments wound in the other direction according to a plaited arrangement. Methods for reproducibly forming the stent of the invention are disclosed.