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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1999
Gholam-Reza Zadno-Azizi, Newark, CA (US);
Kirsten F. Luehrs, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Darin C. Gittings, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Roman Turovskiy, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brian J. Cox, Cupertino, CA (US);
Brian Shiu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael B. Hayes, Pinole, CA (US);
Craig J. Coombs, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Methods and articles for fabricating expansive stents having generally cylindrical configurations with a pattern therein include interconnecting portions from a generally planar sheet of material with a central portion. A pattern is formed in the sheet of material around said central portion corresponding to said pattern having interconnecting portions. The pattern has a generally circular outer margin. The pattern is separated from the sheet of material and causes relative movement between the central portion of the pattern and the outer circular margin in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the central portion. The pattern is transformed from one sheet form into one in cylindrical form to provide an expansible stent having a generally cylindrical configuration.