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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2003
Orla Mccullagh, Watertown, MA (US);
Robert Thistle, Bridgewater, MA (US);
Orla McCullagh, Watertown, MA (US);
Robert Thistle, Bridgewater, MA (US);
Scimed Life Systems, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A stent comprises a first section and a second section and at least one securement member. The at least one securement member is disposed about at least one region of the first section and at least one region of the second section. The at least one securement member has a crimped diameter that is less than its uncrimped diameter. When the at least one securement member is in the crimped diameter at least a portion of an inner surface of the at least one securement member is fixedly engaged to the at least one region of the first section and the at least one region of the second section. In the crimped diameter the at least one region of the first section and the at least one region of the second section are immediately adjacent one another.