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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2006
Applicant:
Thomas Nissl, Winsen / Luhe, DE;
Inventor:
Thomas Nissl, Winsen / Luhe, DE;
Assignee:
Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/04 (2006.01); A61F 2/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A stent for positioning within a lumen is provided. The stent includes a stent region and a pair of transition regions extending from respective ends of the stent region, wherein each of the transition and stent regions define an aperture therethrough. At least a portion of at least one of the transition regions is configured in a helix including a plurality of turns, wherein the stent region is capable of expanding to conform to a stricture and each of the transition regions is capable of expanding to conform to the lumen proximally and distally of the stricture.