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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2004
Hikmat Hojeibane, Princeton, NJ (US);
Hikmat Hojeibane, Princeton, NJ (US);
Cordis Corporation, Miami Lakes, FL (US);
Abstract
A stent with axial flexibility, in a preferred embodiment, has a longitudinal axis and comprises a plurality of longitudinally disposed bands, wherein each band defines a generally continuous wave along a line segment parallel to the longitudinal axis. A plurality of links maintains the bands in a tubular structure. In a further embodiment of the invention, each longitudinally disposed band of the stent is connected, at a plurality of periodic locations, by a short circumferential link to an adjacent band. Further, a pair of bifurcated stents is disclosed.
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