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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 25, 2007
Applicant:
Hiroyuki Asano, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroyuki Asano, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Piolax Medical Devices, Inc., Yokohama-Shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/82 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A stent includes a plurality of annular units each made of a linear portion which extends circumferentially while folding in a zigzag manner and which is connected annularly, and connection portions which connect axially adjacent ones of the annular units with each other. Predetermined annular units have radiopaque markers each fixedly attached midway between one folded portion and a next folded portion in the linear portion located in a predetermined circumferential position.