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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2010

Filed:

Dec. 08, 2005
Applicants:

Neal E. Fearnot, West Lafayette, IN (US);

Blayne A. Roeder, Lafayette, IN (US);

Alan R. Leewood, Lafayette, IN (US);

Jichao Sun, West Lafayette, IN (US);

Inventors:

Neal E. Fearnot, West Lafayette, IN (US);

Blayne A. Roeder, Lafayette, IN (US);

Alan R. Leewood, Lafayette, IN (US);

Jichao Sun, West Lafayette, IN (US);

Assignee:

Med Institute, Inc., West Lafayette, IN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A variable curvature stent limb is disclosed herein. A stent derived from a plurality of these variable curvature stent limbs may be highly compressible, such that it is compatible with a low-profile delivery device. This stent may be useful over a wider range of body vessel diameters and may possess a greater fatigue life, since this stent may provide a more controlled constant radial force.


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