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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
May. 18, 2001
Michael Orlowski, Bonn, DE;
Michael Orlowski, Bonn, DE;
Eurocor GmbH, Bonn, DE;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a radially expandable vessel support having a multitude of annular elements flexibly connected to each other, defining a vascular support with a proximal and a distal end and a longitudinal axis. The annular elements are arranged side by side transversely to the longitudinal axis of the vascular support and connected to each other by means of bending elements. At least two marginally standing annular elements each are linked among each other by a pair of dumbbell shaped bending elements and centrally standing annular elements are linked among each other and to marginally standing annular elements by two S-shaped bending elements each, with at least the centrally standing annular elements being of a zigzag-shaped configuration.