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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2007
Filed:
May. 03, 2001
Benny Gaber, Tirat Hacarmel, IL;
Benny Gaber, Tirat Hacarmel, IL;
Xtent Medical Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A stent including a plurality of loops, each of the loops includes an arcuately formed wire with a first end and a second end, the first end being attached to an inner elongate member and the second end being attached to an outer elongate member, the inner and the outer elongate members being arranged to slide with respect to each other along a common longitudinal axis, wherein sliding of the inner and the outer elongate members with respect to each other changes a cross-sectional area of each of the loops, characterized in that the inner and outer elongate members are attached to inner and outer coupler tubes, and are selectively releasable from the inner and outer coupler tubes, the inner coupler tube being nested inside the outer coupler tube.