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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:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
May. 14, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
M.I. Tech Co., Ltd., Pyungtaek, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 ;
Abstract
A stent includes a first turn made of a wire having a unit length. The first turn is formed having a plurality of first straight sections connected to each other by a plurality of bending points along a circumferential plane and a plurality of valleys and peaks formed by the bending points. The stent further includes a first intersection turn made of a wire having a unit length, the first intersection turn is formed having a plurality of straight sections intersecting the first straight sections to form a plurality of meshes, the straight sections of the intersection turn formed by a plurality of peaks and valleys.