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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2004
Eric V. Schmid, San Diego, CA (US);
John D. Nguyen, San Diego, CA (US);
Steven C. Howard, San Diego, CA (US);
Orlando M. Padilla, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Andrew Morris, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert F. Eisele, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Joseph Anthony Dipari, La Mesa, CA (US);
David G. Matsuura, Encinitas, CA (US);
Philip J. Simpson, Escondido, CA (US);
Walter D. Gillespie, San Diego, CA (US);
Daniel Moore, San Diego, CA (US);
Thomas R. Jackson, La Jolla, CA (US);
Joan Zeltinger, Encinitas, CA (US);
Keith Allen Esser, San Diego, CA (US);
Donald K. Brandom, Davis, AZ (US);
Eric V. Schmid, San Diego, CA (US);
John D. Nguyen, San Diego, CA (US);
Steven C. Howard, San Diego, CA (US);
Orlando M. Padilla, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Andrew Morris, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert F. Eisele, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Joseph Anthony DiPari, La Mesa, CA (US);
David G. Matsuura, Encinitas, CA (US);
Philip J. Simpson, Escondido, CA (US);
Walter D. Gillespie, San Diego, CA (US);
Daniel Moore, San Diego, CA (US);
Thomas R. Jackson, La Jolla, CA (US);
Joan Zeltinger, Encinitas, CA (US);
Keith Allen Esser, San Diego, CA (US);
Donald K. Brandom, Davis, AZ (US);
REVA Medical, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to an expandable stent comprising circumferentially adjacent modules. The modules comprise longitudinally adjacent slide-and-lock radial elements which permit one-way sliding of the radial elements from a collapsed diameter to an expanded/deployed diameter, but inhibit radial recoil from the expanded diameter.