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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2003
Applicant:
Marc Gianotti, Wiesendangen, CH;
Inventor:
Marc Gianotti, Wiesendangen, CH;
Assignee:
Schneider (Europe) GmbH, Bulach, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A prosthetic stent with a tubular wall having local inwardly or outwardly formed elevations. Stents having such elevations have a higher mechanical stability if bent according to the curvature of the body vessels to be supported or repaired. Also a method for manufacturing a stent with such elevations is described.