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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2005
Craig Bonsignore, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Craig Bonsignore, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention is a medical device having nested interlocking axially adjacent segments that remain interlocked during delivery. The medical device is a stent in which the nested interlocked axially adjacent segments provide increased control and stability of the stent during delivery and increased vessel support when deployed. A series of repeating cells comprise a segment. Each cell comprises a protrusion and a radially and circumferentially adjacent receptacle. The protrusion from at least one cell in a segment interlocks with the receptacle of an axially adjacent segment to form the stent. The protrusions remain coupled with a corresponding receptacle during delivery of the stent to the intended treatment site, and can remain engaged thereafter, or can disengage from the corresponding receptacle after full deployment of the stent.