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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
May. 23, 2006
Michihide Ozawa, Sendai, JP;
Kiyoshi Yamauchi, Sendai, JP;
Yuji Sutou, Sendai, JP;
Takamitsu Takagi, Sendai, JP;
Shuzou Yamashita, Okayama, JP;
Kouji Mori, Okayama, JP;
Michihide Ozawa, Sendai, JP;
Kiyoshi Yamauchi, Sendai, JP;
Yuji Sutou, Sendai, JP;
Takamitsu Takagi, Sendai, JP;
Shuzou Yamashita, Okayama, JP;
Kouji Mori, Okayama, JP;
NEC Tokin Corporation, Sendai-Shi, JP;
Tohoku University, Sendai-Shi, JP;
Japan Stent Technology Co., Ltd., Okayama-Shi, JP;
Abstract
To provide a stent which holds various performances such as deliverability, prevention of restenosis, flexible shape conformability, and so on and is therefore adaptable not only to a bile duct but also to a blood vessel system such as a tortuous coronary artery substantially without causing restenosis. A stent with an autonomic function is made of a Ti—Ni based shape memory alloy and has a maximum expanding force at a center portion in its lengthwise direction.