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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2012
Steven G. Zaver, Plymouth, MN (US);
Brian S. Carion, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Richard S. Kusleika, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Steven G. Zaver, Plymouth, MN (US);
Brian S. Carion, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Richard S. Kusleika, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A stent including a mesh made of strands. The mesh has at least one radiopaque strand and at least one non-radiopaque strand, and the at least one radiopaque strand and the at least one non-radiopaque strand each have different diameters. Each strand has an index of wire stiffness EI, where EI is the mathematical product of the Young's modulus (E) and the second moment of area (I). The EI of all strands in the mesh is no more than five times the EI of the strand having the smallest EI of any of the strands.