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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2006
Applicants:
Thiemo Blank, Bruehl, DE;
Thomas Wille, Karlsruhe, DE;
Inventors:
Thiemo Blank, Bruehl, DE;
Thomas Wille, Karlsruhe, DE;
Assignee:
C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/82 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A polymer prosthesis with lumen and an axial length and having in a pre-delivery condition a plurality of relatively stiff stenting segments spaced from each other along the length of the prosthesis, the spaces between the relatively stiff stenting segments of a first polymer being bridged by relatively flexible linking segments of a second polymer, different from the first, the relatively stiff stenting segments and the relatively flexible linking segments being alternately arranged along the length of the prosthesis.