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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark B. Knudson, Shoreview, MN (US);
John P. Sopp, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Timothy R. Conrad, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Assignee:
EnteroMedics Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 ;
Abstract
An intraluminal stent comprises a reticulated tube having an un-deployed diameter and expandable to an enlarged diameter. When the tube is at the un-deployed diameter, the tube has cell-defining portions with opposing surfaces defining an open cell bounded by the cell-defining portions.