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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2012
Blayne A. Roeder, Lafayette, IN (US);
Erik E. Rasmussen, Slagelse, DE;
Sharath Gopalakrishnamurthy, Bangalore, IN;
William K. Dierking, Louisville, KY (US);
Blayne A. Roeder, Lafayette, IN (US);
Erik E. Rasmussen, Slagelse, DE;
Sharath Gopalakrishnamurthy, Bangalore, IN;
William K. Dierking, Louisville, KY (US);
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Abstract
The present embodiments provide stents and stent-grafts for use in medical procedures. In one embodiment, a stent comprises a series of proximal apices, a series of distal apices, and at least one imaging element. A distal region of the stent, including the series of distal apices and a first suture bore, overlaps with the graft material, while a proximal region of the stent, including the series of proximal apices and at least one barb, is disposed proximally beyond the graft material. In an alternative embodiment, a stent-graft comprises a graft, a first stent and a second stent, in which a series of proximal apices of the first stent are each disposed distal to the proximal end of the graft, and a series of proximal apices of the second stent are each disposed proximally beyond the proximal end of the graft.