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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2002
George Wallace, San Clemente, CA (US);
Jay Lenker, San Clemente, CA (US);
Thomas J. Berryman, San Clemente, CA (US);
George Wallace, San Clemente, CA (US);
Jay Lenker, San Clemente, CA (US);
Thomas J. Berryman, San Clemente, CA (US);
MicroTherapeutics, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A stent and stent catheter for intra-cranial use. The stent is a rolled sheet stent and is releasably mounted on the distal tip of the catheter with a low profile retaining tab. The stent is rolled tightly on the distal tip of the catheter and flexibility of the tightly rolled stent is promoted by ribbed or slatted construction (or, alternatively, slotted construction) in which the various layers of the stent are provided with numerous slats which counter align when the stent.