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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2012
Stephen Kao, Mountain View, CA (US);
Bernard Andreas, Redwood City, CA (US);
Hanson S. Gifford, Iii, Woodside, CA (US);
Mark E. Deem, Mountain View, CA (US);
David W. Snow, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jeffry J. Grainger, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Stephen Kao, Mountain View, CA (US);
Bernard Andreas, Redwood City, CA (US);
Hanson S. Gifford, III, Woodside, CA (US);
Mark E. Deem, Mountain View, CA (US);
David W. Snow, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jeffry J. Grainger, Portola Valley, CA (US);
J.W. Medical Systems Ltd., Weihai Shandong, CN;
Abstract
Blood vessels and other body lumens are stented using stent structures comprising a plurality of radially expansible rings where at least some of the rings comprise axially extending elements which interleave with axially extending elements on adjacent unconnected rings. The ring structures may be open cell structures or closed cell structures, and the axially extending elements will typically be formed as part of the open cell or closed cell structure.