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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2007
David J. Zarbatany, Ringwood, NJ (US);
Ari Moskowitz, Hazlet, NJ (US);
Fergus Quigley, Tipperary, IE;
Lukas J. Hijlkema, Galway, IE;
David J. Zarbatany, Ringwood, NJ (US);
Ari Moskowitz, Hazlet, NJ (US);
Fergus Quigley, Tipperary, IE;
Lukas J. Hijlkema, Galway, IE;
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A modular elongated stent having an overlap region where two modular components fit together, the overlap region being relatively stiff as compared to another more flexible region of the stent when the stent is in an assembled configuration, the stent further comprising a mimic region that has a stiffness essentially equivalent to the stiffness of the overlap region, to provide kink resistance. A stent having such a mimic region or otherwise stiff region and a flexible region may have a transition region between the stiff and flexible regions, also to provide kink resistance. A stent may have relatively stiff regions and relatively flexible regions positioned to align the flexible regions with curved regions of a body lumen when deployed within the body lumen. The stiffness of the stiff, flexible, and transition regions may be controlled by varying the cross-sectional area of the stent components and/or by varying the stent architecture.