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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2009
Jeffry S. Melsheimer, Springville, IN (US);
Kurt J. Tekulve, Ellettsville, IN (US);
Mark R. Frye, Bloomington, IN (US);
James M. Carlson, Bloomington, IN (US);
Richard J. Godlewski, Bloomington, IN (US);
Michael W. Hardert, Bloomington, IN (US);
Jessica L. Burke, Bloomington, IN (US);
Jeffry S. Melsheimer, Springville, IN (US);
Kurt J. Tekulve, Ellettsville, IN (US);
Mark R. Frye, Bloomington, IN (US);
James M. Carlson, Bloomington, IN (US);
Richard J. Godlewski, Bloomington, IN (US);
Michael W. Hardert, Bloomington, IN (US);
Jessica L. Burke, Bloomington, IN (US);
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Abstract
A stent including a stent wire comprising a plurality of filaments twisted into a bundle having a helix, the stent wire bent into a pattern having a plurality of substantially straight wire sections separated by a plurality of bends. The pattern of the stent wire is spirally wound about a central axis in the same direction as the helix formed by the plurality of filaments. Each of the filaments in a bend have a cylindrical cross-section where at least one of the plurality of filaments is displaced and spaced from an immediately adjacent filament in the bend.